JP2014050998A - Recorder, method for controlling recorder, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform recording by using characteristics of a combined character.SOLUTION: A printer 11 includes: a serial head 25 which can record a combined character obtained by forming one character with a combination of parts of a plurality of portions, the respective portions being divided from one character, and records the combined character while performing scanning in a predetermined direction; and a recording control part 26a which receives from a host computer 10 control data for instructing recording of a part for one line in each portion, develops image data of combined characters for one line to a buffer 40 on the basis of the received control data in each portion, and performs recording by driving the serial head 25.

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus connectable to a control apparatus, a control method for the recording apparatus, and a program for controlling the recording apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a recording device (Thai label) in which a single character, such as a character related to Thai, is divided into a plurality of parts, and a combined character in which one part is formed by combining character parts for each part Printers) are known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-212375 A

As in the recording apparatus described above, there is a need to realize efficient recording by utilizing the characteristics of the combined character in the case of recording the combined character.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable efficient recording using the characteristics of combined characters.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured to be connectable to a control device, wherein one character is divided into a plurality of parts, and a combined character in which one character is constituted by a combination of parts of each part is recorded. A recording apparatus capable of recording while scanning in a predetermined direction, and receiving control data for instructing recording of parts for one line relating to each part from the control unit; Based on the control data for each line, recording is performed by developing image data of combined characters for one line in a buffer, and driving the serial head based on the image data expanded in the buffer. And a control unit.
Here, when the conventional recording apparatus receives control data for instructing recording of a part for one line for each part from the control apparatus, the recording is performed by scanning the serial head for each part for one line. Was running. On the other hand, according to the above configuration, when the recording apparatus receives control data for instructing recording of parts for one line related to each part from the control apparatus, the recording apparatus does not perform recording for each part for one line. Rather, based on the control data for each line related to the received part, the character image data for one line is expanded in the buffer, and the serial head is connected based on the character image data for one line expanded in the buffer. Drive to record. For this reason, it is possible to perform recording by scanning the serial head in character units, not in site units, thereby reducing the number of scans of the serial head and realizing efficient recording.

In addition, the present invention further includes a storage unit that stores font data of the parts, and the recording control unit includes information specifying font data of parts for one line related to each part from the control device. The control data is received, and based on the received control data for each part, the font data of the parts of all parts is developed in the buffer, thereby developing the image data of characters for one line in the buffer. It is characterized by that.
According to this configuration, the recording apparatus can expand the image data of one line of characters into the buffer without being insufficient based on the received control data for each part.

Further, according to the present invention, the one character is divided into at least an upper part and a lower part, and the control data for instructing recording of parts for one line related to the upper part, and the lower part The control data for instructing the recording of parts for one line includes a line feed command for instructing a line feed, and the control unit includes the control data for instructing the recording of parts for one line related to the upper part. Using the line feed command as a trigger, the control data for instructing the recording of parts for one line related to the next part is read, and the control data for instructing the recording of parts for one line related to the lower part Recording is performed based on the image data developed in the buffer with a line feed command as a trigger.
According to this configuration, by using the line feed command included in the control data related to each part, the combined character image data for one line is appropriately expanded in the buffer, and then the combined character for one line is recorded. it can.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured to be connectable to a control device, and includes a serial head that performs recording while scanning in a predetermined direction. One character is divided into a plurality of parts, and A control method for a recording apparatus capable of recording a combined character in which one character is constituted by a combination of parts, and receiving control data for instructing recording of parts for one line relating to each part from the control apparatus Then, based on the control data for each line relating to the received part, the image data of the combined characters for one line is expanded in a buffer, and the serial head is driven based on the image data expanded in the buffer And recording is performed.
According to this control method, when the recording apparatus receives control data instructing recording of parts for one line related to each part from the control apparatus, the recording apparatus does not perform recording for each part for one line, Based on the received control data for each part, character image data for one line is developed in a buffer, and recording is performed by driving a serial head based on the character image data for one line developed in the buffer. . For this reason, it is possible to perform recording by scanning the serial head in character units, not in site units, thereby reducing the number of scans of the serial head and realizing efficient recording.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured to be connectable to a control device, and includes a serial head that performs recording while scanning in a predetermined direction. One character is divided into a plurality of parts, and A program executed by a control unit that controls a recording device capable of recording a combined character in which one character is configured by a combination of parts, wherein the control unit is connected to the control device from the control device by one line for each part. Control data for instructing the recording of parts per minute is received, and based on the control data for each line relating to the received part, image data of combined characters for one line is developed in a buffer and developed in the buffer Based on the image data, the serial head is driven to function as a recording control unit that performs recording.
According to this program, when the recording apparatus receives control data instructing recording of parts for one line related to each part from the control apparatus, the recording apparatus does not perform recording for each part for one line, but receives the control data. Based on the control data for each part, character image data for one line is developed in a buffer, and recording is performed by driving a serial head based on the character image data for one line developed in the buffer. For this reason, it is possible to perform recording by scanning the serial head in character units, not in site units, thereby reducing the number of scans of the serial head and realizing efficient recording.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to record efficiently using the characteristics of the combined characters.

It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the recording system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the Thai character recorded on the recording medium. It is a figure which shows typically the control data which a host computer transmits. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the printer at the time of recording a Thai character. It is a figure which shows typically the image data expand | deployed by the buffer. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a printer.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a recording system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The recording system 1 includes a host computer 10 (control device) and a printer 11 (recording device), and records on a recording medium by the printer 11 under the control of the host computer 10.
As shown in FIG. 1, the host computer 10 includes a host-side control unit 15, a host-side display unit 16, a host-side input unit 17, a host-side interface (I / F) unit 18, and a host-side storage unit 19. And.
The host-side control unit 15 centrally controls each unit of the host computer 10 and includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and other peripheral circuits. The host-side display unit 16 includes a display panel such as a liquid crystal display panel, and displays various types of information on the display panel under the control of the host-side control unit 15. The host side input unit 17 is connected to various input devices, detects operations on these input devices, and outputs them to the host side control unit 15. The host side interface unit 18 performs communication based on the communication standard with the printer 11 under the control of the host side control unit 15. The host-side storage unit 19 includes a storage device such as a hard disk or an EEPROM, and stores various data in a rewritable manner.

The printer 11 includes a serial impact dot matrix type serial head 25 that applies a recording wire to an ink ribbon and attaches ink of the ink ribbon to a recording medium. The serial head 25 records an image, so-called dot. This is an impact recording device.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the printer 11 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, other peripheral circuits, and the like, and includes a control unit 26 that centrally controls each unit of the printer 11. The control unit 26 includes a recording control unit 26a, which will be described later.
The control unit 26 drives the serial head 25 via the head drive circuit 27 and executes recording on the recording medium.
The serial head 25 is provided with a recording wire for 24 dots in the transport direction YJ1 (see FIG. 2) when transporting the recording medium. Therefore, an image of 24 dots can be recorded in the transport direction YJ1 by one transport of the serial head 25.
Further, the controller 26 drives the carriage drive motor 29 via the motor drive circuit 28 to scan the carriage 30 in a predetermined direction, thereby scanning the serial head 25 mounted on the carriage 30 in a predetermined direction. Let Further, the control unit 26 rotates the transport roller 32 provided on the transport path of the recording medium via the motor drive circuit 28 and the paper feed motor 31 to transport the recording medium in a predetermined direction.
The display unit 33 includes various display panels, LEDs, and the like, and notifies various information. The input unit 34 is connected to an operation switch provided in the printer 11, detects an operation on the operation switch, and outputs it to the control unit 26. The interface (I / F) unit 38 performs communication based on the communication standard with the host computer 10 under the control of the control unit 26. The storage unit 37 stores various data in a rewritable manner. The data of the upper part part code page 37a, the middle part part code page 37b, the lower part part code page 37c and the like stored in the storage unit 37 will be described later. The interface unit 38 performs communication based on the communication standard with the host computer 10 under the control of the control unit 26.
The buffer 40 is an image buffer formed in a predetermined storage area such as a RAM. When recording on a recording medium, the image data is developed in the buffer 40, and the head drive circuit 27 is based on the developed image data. Is driven to record an image.

Now, the printer 11 according to the present embodiment can record Thai characters (combined characters).
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of two lines of Thai characters recorded on a recording medium by the printer 11 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, the transport direction YJ1 indicates the direction in which the recording medium is transported when recording Thai characters, and the main scanning forward direction YJ2 and the main scanning reverse direction YJ3 are the scanning directions of the serial head 25, respectively. It represents.
One Thai character consists of multiple parts (elements), and is divided into three parts, upper part (upper part), middle part (middle part), and lower part (lower part) as shown in the example shown in FIG. Yes. One tie character is composed of a combination of an upper part part in the upper part, a middle part part in the middle part, and a lower part part in the lower part. In the present embodiment, the concept of parts includes a space. For example, a part related to a space is stored in the upper part of the first character in the first line in FIG. The characters include ruled lines and the like.
As shown in FIG. 2, “1 line” is composed of an upper part for “1 line”, a middle part for “1 line”, and a lower part for “1 line”. Thus, in the present embodiment, “1 line” represents a line corresponding to a Thai character, and “1 line” represents a line corresponding to a part, and these are clearly distinguished. The length of the conveyance direction YJ1 of one line related to the upper part is 15 dots, the length of the conveyance direction YJ1 of one line related to the middle part is 24 dots, and the length of the conveyance direction YJ1 of one line related to the lower part The length is 7 dots, and the length of one line in the carrying direction YJ1 is 46 dots.

Here, the printer 11 according to the present embodiment has a mode A and a mode B as operation modes for recording on a recording medium.
Mode A is an operation mode in which recording on a recording medium is performed in the same manner as a conventional printer. On the other hand, mode B is an operation mode in which recording on a recording medium is performed by the method according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the printer 11 in the mode A will be described first, and then the operation of the printer 11 in the mode B will be described together with the advantages compared with the mode A.
<Mode A>
First, the operation of the printer 11 in mode A will be described by taking as an example the case of recording a Thai character string in the first line of FIG.
In the following description, each part in the first row in FIG. 2 is expressed using the reference numerals in FIG. For example, the middle part of the middle part of the first character in the first line in FIG. 2 is expressed as “part X1”, and the upper part part of the upper part of the third character is expressed as “part Y3”. Furthermore, for the sake of convenience, it is assumed that each part is given a character code representing the alphabet part of the code of each part in lower case. For example, it is assumed that “x1” is assigned as the character code to the part X1, and “y3” is assigned as the character code to the part Y3. “Xx” is the character code of the middle part representing the space, “yy” is the character code of the upper part representing the space, and “zz” is the character code of the lower part representing the space. Suppose that

When recording by the printer 11, first, control data is transmitted from the host computer 10 to the printer 11.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of control data transmitted from the host computer 10 to the conventional printer 11 in consideration of the convenience of explanation.
As shown in FIG. 3, the control data transmitted from the host computer 10 to the printer 11 includes an upper part control command C1 (control data), a middle part control command C2 (control data), and a lower part control command. C3 (control data) is included.
The upper part control command C1 is control data for instructing recording of the upper part part for one line related to the upper part. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper part control command C1 is recorded in the upper part recording instruction code M1 which is an instruction code for instructing recording of the upper part part for one line related to the upper part and the upper part for one line. The upper part parts designation part P1 in which the character codes of the upper part parts to be written are described in the order to be recorded, and the upper part line feed command LF1 for instructing a line feed are included. Similarly, the middle part control command C2 includes a middle part recording instruction code M2, a middle part part designating part P2, and a middle part line feed command LF2. The lower part control command C3 is a lower part control command C3. It includes a recording instruction code M3, a lower part part designation part P3, and a lower part line feed command LF3.

FIG. 4A is a diagram used for explaining the operation of the printer 11 in mode A. FIG. (A1), (A2), and (A3) indicate execution of recording of the upper part part, the middle part part, and the lower part part for one line, respectively.
In mode A, when the control data shown in FIG. 3 is received, the printer 11 performs recording as follows.
That is, first, the recording control unit 26a of the control unit 26 of the printer 11 records the upper part part for one line based on the upper part control command C1. The function of the recording control unit 26a is realized by the cooperation of hardware and software, such as the CPU of the control unit 26 reading out and executing the firmware.
More specifically, the storage unit 37 stores an upper part part code page 37a for collectively storing the font data of the upper part parts, and the storage unit 37 further stores the upper part part code page 37a. A table in which the correspondence relationship between the character code and the address of the storage area where the corresponding font data is stored in the upper part part code page 37a is stored. Then, the recording control unit 26a sequentially reads out the character codes described in the upper part part designating part P1 using the reading of the upper part recording instruction code M1 as a trigger, and uses the above table to read the upper part part code page 37a. The corresponding font data is specified, and the specified font data is sequentially developed in the buffer 40. The recording control unit 26a develops the font data of the upper part part in the buffer 40 until the upper part line feed command LF1 is read. Thereby, the recording control unit 26a sequentially stores the font data of all the upper part parts for one line related to the upper part (= all the upper part parts described in the upper part part designating part P1) in the buffer 40 in order. Expand to. Next, the recording control unit 26a uses the reading of the upper part line feed command LF1 as a trigger, based on the font data (image data) of the upper part part for one line developed in the buffer 40, and the motor driving circuit 27 and the motor. The drive circuit 28 is operated to transport the serial head 25 in the main scanning positive direction YJ2, and the recording wire provided on the serial head 25 is driven at an appropriate timing to execute recording of the upper part part for one line. (See FIG. 4A1).

After recording the upper part parts for one line, the recording control unit 26a rotates the transport roller 32 to transport the recording medium in the transport direction YJ1 for one line (for 15 dots) related to the upper part. Next, the recording control unit 26a uses the same means as the upper part to convey the serial head 25 in the main scanning reverse direction YJ3 based on the middle part command C2 using the middle part part code page 37b. All the middle part parts for the line are recorded (see FIG. 4 (A2)).
After recording the middle part part for one line, the recording control unit 26a rotates the transport roller 32 to transport the recording medium in the transport direction YJ1 for one line (for 24 dots) related to the middle part. Using the lower part part code page 37c, based on the lower part command C3, the serial head 25 is conveyed in the main scanning positive direction YJ2 to record all the lower part parts for one line (FIG. 4 ( See A3)).
Thus, in mode A, the printer 11 conveys the serial head 25 three times in order to perform recording for one line.

<Mode B>
Next, the operation of the printer 11 in mode B will be described by taking as an example the case of recording a Thai character string in the first line of FIG.
When recording by the printer 11, first, control data instructing recording of the first line is transmitted from the host computer 10 to the printer 11. Here, the control data transmitted by the host computer 10 has the same contents as the control data transmitted in the mode A. That is, as will be apparent later, mode B can record an image for one line more efficiently and in a shorter time than mode A. In order to achieve such an effect, There is no need to make any software or hardware modifications to the computer 10.
When the control data shown in FIG. 3 is received, the recording control unit 26a triggers the reading of the upper part recording instruction code M1 of the upper part control command C1 to trigger the upper part 1 line based on the upper part part designating part P1. The font data of the upper part part of the minute is developed in the buffer 40. Next, the recording control unit 26a reads the middle part control command C2 using the reading of the upper part line feed command LF1 as a trigger. As described above, in the mode A, the recording control unit 26a executes the reading of the middle part control command C2 without starting the recording of the upper part part by using the reading of the upper part line feed command LF1 as a trigger.
Next, the recording control unit 26a uses the reading of the middle part recording instruction code M2 of the middle part control command C2 as a trigger, and based on the middle part part designation part P2, the font data of the middle part parts for one line related to the middle part. Is expanded in the buffer 40. At that time, the recording control unit 26a develops the font data of the middle part in an appropriate region (position) in relation to the already developed upper part part.
Next, the recording control unit 26a reads the lower part control command C3 using the reading of the middle part line feed command LF2 as a trigger. Next, the recording control unit 26a uses the reading of the lower part recording instruction code M3 of the lower part control command C3 as a trigger, based on the lower part part designating part P3, the font data of the lower part part for the lower part one line, The buffer 40 is expanded. At that time, the recording control unit 26a develops the font data of the lower part part in an appropriate region (position) in relation to the already developed upper part part and middle part part.
FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating the state of the buffer 40 at the time when the development of the font data of the lower part part is completed, in a mode suitable for explanation. As shown in this figure, when the development of the font data relating to the lower part is completed, the buffer 40 is set in the vertical direction (the direction corresponding to the transport direction YJ1) representing one line of Thai characters with the base point O as the base point. The 46-dot image data (image data) is developed.

FIG. 4B is a diagram used for explaining the operation of the printer 11 in the mode B. FIGS. 4B1 and 2B2 respectively execute image recording corresponding to the areas A1 and A2 in FIG. Is shown.
The recording control unit 26a performs recording based on the image data (FIG. 5) developed in the buffer 40, triggered by reading of the lower part line feed command LF3.
More specifically, as described above, the serial head 25 according to this embodiment has a configuration in which recording wires for 24 dots are provided in the transport direction YJ1. Based on this, first, the recording control unit 26a out of the image data developed in the buffer 40, image data for 24 dots in the vertical direction (direction corresponding to the transport direction YJ1) (in the area A1 in FIG. 5). Based on the corresponding image data), the head drive circuit 27 and the motor drive circuit 28 are operated to transport the serial head 25 in the main scanning forward direction YJ2, and to appropriately apply the recording wire provided on the serial head 25. The image recording is performed based on the image data corresponding to the area A1 (see FIG. 4B1).
After recording an image based on the image data corresponding to the area A1 in this way, the recording control unit 26a rotates the transport roller 32 to transport the length of the area A1 (24 dots) in the transport direction YJ1. Transport to. Next, the recording control unit 26a controls the serial head 25 based on the remaining portion of the image data developed in the buffer 40, that is, the image data of 22 dots in the vertical direction corresponding to the area A2 in FIG. An image is recorded based on the image data corresponding to the area A2 by being conveyed in the scanning reverse direction YJ3 (see FIG. 4B2).
As described above, in mode B, the serial head 25 needs to be transported only twice when recording an image related to one line of Thai characters.
That is, in the mode B, the Thai characters are divided into the upper part, the middle part, and the lower part, and the host computer 10 always sends control data (upper part control command C1, middle part control command C2) related to each part. In addition, using the reception of the lower part control command C3), the image recording is executed after the image data for one line is developed in the buffer 40, instead of recording the image for each part. As a result, the number of times the serial head 25 is conveyed when recording one line of Thai character image data can be reduced, the processing efficiency can be improved, and the time required for recording can be shortened. .
Further, in the present embodiment, the line feed command included in each control data (upper part control command C1, middle part control command C2, and lower part control command C3) is appropriately used to store one line in the buffer 40. After the image data related to the Thai character is expanded, the image recording related to the Thai character for one line is executed.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the printer 11 in mode B.
When the upper part control command C1, the middle part control command C2, and the lower part control command C3 are received (step SA1), the control unit 26 of the printer 11 reads the upper part recording instruction code M1 (step SA2). In accordance with the above, the font data of the upper part part described in the upper part part designating part P1 is developed in the buffer 40 (step SA3). Next, the control unit 26 reads the middle part recording instruction code M2 using the reading of the upper part line feed command LF1 (step SA4) as a trigger (step SA5), and is described in the middle part part designation part P2 according to the code. Further, the font data of the middle part is developed in the buffer 40 (step SA6). Next, the control unit 26 reads the lower part recording instruction code M3 using the reading of the middle part line feed command LF2 (step SA7) as a trigger (step SA8), and is described in the lower part part designation part P3 according to the code. The font data of the lower part is developed in the buffer 40 (step SA9). Next, the control unit 26 executes recording based on the image data relating to the Thai characters for one line developed in the buffer 40 using the reading of the lower part line feed command LF3 (step SA10) as a trigger (step SA11). As described above, when recording in step SA11, the serial head 25 is transported only twice, so that the processing efficiency is improved and the time required for recording is shortened.

As described above, the recording control unit 26a of the printer 11 according to the present embodiment controls the control data (upper part control command C1, middle part) from the host computer 10 to instruct the recording of parts for one line for each part. The control command C2 and the lower part control command C3) are received, and based on the received control data for each part, the combined character image data for one line is developed in the buffer 40, and the image data developed in the buffer 40 is displayed. Based on the above, recording is performed by driving the serial head 25.
Here, in the mode A, as in the conventional case, when the control data instructing the recording of the part for one line is received from the host computer 10 for each part, the serial head 25 is scanned for each part for one line. Let me record. On the other hand, according to the above configuration, when the printer 11 receives control data for instructing recording of a part for one line from the host computer 10, the printer 11 does not perform recording for each part for one line. One line of Thai character image data is developed in the buffer 40 based on the control data for each part, and the serial head 25 is driven based on the one line of character image data developed in the buffer 40. Make a record. For this reason, it is possible to perform recording by scanning the serial head 25 not in units of parts but in units of characters, thereby reducing the number of scans of the serial head 25 and realizing efficient recording.

Further, the printer 11 according to the present embodiment includes a storage unit 37 in which the upper part part code page 37a, the middle part part code page 37b, and the lower part part code page 37c that collectively store font data of each part are stored. I have. Then, the recording control unit 26a specifies, from the host computer 10, information for designating font data of parts for one line for each part (upper part part designation part P1, middle part part designation part P2, and lower part part designation). Part P3) is received, and based on the received control data for each part, the font data of parts of all parts is developed in the buffer 40, thereby buffering the Thai character image data for one line. Expand to 40.
According to this configuration, the printer 11 can expand one line of Thai character image data into the buffer 40 based on the received control data for each part.

The above-described embodiment is merely an aspect of the present invention, and can be arbitrarily modified and applied within the scope of the present invention.
In the above-described embodiment, a Thai character is used as an example of a combined character. However, the combined character is not limited to this, and is a concept including all characters configured by combining parts such as a character related to India.
In the above-described embodiment, the serial head 25 is a serial impact dot matrix type recording head. However, the recording head may be of any type such as an ink jet type.
Further, for example, each functional block shown in FIG. 1 can be arbitrarily realized by cooperation of hardware and software, and does not suggest a specific hardware configuration. Further, the function of each functional block of the printer 11 may be provided in another device externally connected to the printer 11. The printer 11 may execute various operations by executing a program stored in an externally connected storage medium.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recording system, 10 ... Host computer (control apparatus), 11 ... Printer (recording apparatus), 25 ... Serial head, 26 ... Control part, 26a ... Recording control part, 37 ... Storage part, 37a ... Upper part part code page 37b ... middle part part code page, 37c ... lower part part code page, 40 ... buffer.

Claims (5)

Configured to be connectable to the control unit,
A recording apparatus capable of recording a combined character in which one character is divided into a plurality of parts and one character is constituted by a combination of parts of each part,
A serial head for recording while scanning in a predetermined direction;
Control data for instructing recording of parts for one line relating to each part is received from the control device, and image data of combined characters for one line based on the control data for each line relating to the received part. And a recording control unit that performs recording by driving the serial head based on the image data expanded in the buffer. A storage unit for storing font data of the parts;
The recording control unit
From the control device, the control data including information specifying font data of parts for one line related to each part is received,
The image data of characters for one line is developed in the buffer by developing font data of parts of all parts in the buffer based on the received control data for each part. Item 2. The recording device according to Item 1. The one character is divided into at least an upper part and a lower part,
The control data for instructing recording of parts for one line relating to the upper part and the control data for instructing recording of parts for one line relating to the lower part include a line feed command for instructing a line feed. Including
The controller is
Using the line feed command of the control data to instruct the recording of parts for one line related to the upper part as a trigger, reading out the control data to instruct the recording of parts for one line related to the next part,
The recording is performed based on the image data developed in the buffer, triggered by the line feed command of the control data instructing recording of parts for one line related to the lower part. 2. The recording apparatus according to 2. A combined character that is configured to be connectable to a control device, includes a serial head that performs recording while scanning in a predetermined direction, one character is divided into a plurality of parts, and one character is constituted by a combination of parts of each part A recording apparatus control method capable of recording
Control data for instructing recording of parts for one line relating to each part is received from the control device, and image data of combined characters for one line based on the control data for each line relating to the received part. A recording apparatus control method, comprising: recording in a buffer, and recording by driving the serial head based on the image data expanded in the buffer. A combined character that is configured to be connectable to a control device, includes a serial head that performs recording while scanning in a predetermined direction, one character is divided into a plurality of parts, and one character is constituted by a combination of parts of each part A program executed by a control unit that controls a recording device capable of recording
The control unit
Control data for instructing recording of parts for one line relating to each part is received from the control device, and image data of combined characters for one line based on the control data for each line relating to the received part. And a function of a recording control unit that performs recording by driving the serial head based on the image data expanded in the buffer.

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