JP2018161839A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2018161839A5
Application number: JP2017061149A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2017-03-27
Publication date: 2020-01-16
Anticipated expiration: 2037-03-27

Claims

A thermal head that has a heating element and performs printing on a printing medium by energizing the heating element;
A control circuit;
With
The control circuit includes:
In a plurality of first print dots corresponding to the first image, the first print dot data for forming at least one of the first print dots in a region excluding the contour portion of the first image by the thermal head, The first print dot is converted into second print dot data for forming a second print dot printed by the thermal head with a second power supply time shorter than a first power supply time for supplying power to the heating element for printing the heating element. Do
A printing device, characterized by:

The printing device according to claim 1,
The control circuit includes:
Each of the plurality of first print dot data corresponding to the plurality of first print dots in the first print data corresponding to the first image is referred to as the energization time set in each of the first print dot data. By dividing into a plurality of the divided energizing times, a plurality of divided data is generated,
Generating a second print data by converting the first print dot data into the second print dot data by thinning out a part of the divided plurality of first print dot data in the divided data;
A printing device characterized by the above-mentioned.

The printing device according to claim 2,
The control circuit includes:
Identifying the outline portion based on at least the first print data;
A printing device characterized by the above-mentioned.

The printing device according to claim 2 or 3,
The control circuit includes:
Generating preheating data based on the first print data;
Generating the second print data based on the preliminary heating data and the divided data;
A printing device characterized by the above-mentioned.

The printing device according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The control circuit converts the first print data into the second print data having a higher resolution in the transport direction of the print medium than the first print data,
A printing device, characterized by:

The printing device according to claim 5,
The control circuit converts the first print data into the second print data indicating a second image in which a part of an inner part surrounded by an outline of the first image is thinned out.
A printing device, characterized by:

A printing system comprising a printing device and a printing control device,
The printing device,
A thermal head that has a heating element and performs printing on a printing medium by energizing the heating element;
And a control circuit,
The print control device,
In a plurality of first printing dots corresponding to the first image, first printing dot data for forming at least one of the first printing dots in a region excluding an outline portion of the first image by the thermal head, The heating element is energized for printing the first print dot. The heat element is converted into second print dot data for forming a second print dot printed by the thermal head in a second energization time shorter than the first energization time. And
Outputting the second print dot data to the printing device;
The control circuit includes:
Controlling the thermal head to perform the printing according to the second print dot data,
A printing system, characterized in that:

In a plurality of first print dots corresponding to the first image, first print dot data for forming at least one of the first print dots in a region other than an outline portion of the first image by a thermal head is used as the first print dot data. Second print dot data for forming a second print dot printed by the thermal head in a second energization time shorter than a first energization time for energizing the heating element of the thermal head to print one print dot To
A print control method, comprising: controlling the thermal head so as to perform printing on a print medium by energizing the heating element according to the second print dot data.

In a computer provided in a printing device having a thermal head,
In a plurality of first printing dots corresponding to the first image, first printing dot data for forming at least one of the first printing dots in a region excluding an outline portion of the first image by the thermal head, A second print dot for forming a second print dot printed by the thermal head in a second energization time shorter than a first energization time for energizing the heating element of the thermal head for printing the first print dot Convert to data,
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing a process for controlling the thermal head so as to perform printing on a print target medium by energizing the heating element according to the second print dot data.