JPH03218881A - Recording method and recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable high speed recording by a method wherein running means runs a recording section according to a speed sequence of constant acceleration, constant high speed running and constant deceleration and a recording means performs recording with each dot timing corresponding to the speed sequence of the running means. CONSTITUTION:A recording section controls the rotation of a carrier motor 20 according to a predetermined speed sequence thus subjecting a carrier 1 mounting a thermal head to constant acceleration, constant high speed running and constant deceleration. A heating element is then selected from a plurality of heating elements 4a in the thermal head 4 according to recording information and heated with a timing corresponding to the carrier speed at each time point, thus transferring ink from an ink ribbon 5 onto a recording paper 2. On the other hand, constant acceleration, constant high speed running and constant deceleration of a winding reel (ribbon pancake) 6a are matched with those of the carrier 1 thus preventing scratching between the ink ribbon 5 and the recording paper 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a recording method for recording on a recording medium and a recording apparatus using the recording method.

Examples of recording devices using the recording method of the present invention include printers used as image output terminals for information processing equipment such as computers, copying devices combined with leagues, etc., Japanese word processors with key manual functions, electronic typewriters, etc. , and further includes devices that take the form of facsimile machines and the like having transmitting and receiving functions. In addition, the recording method includes, for example, a thermal recording method, an inkjet recording method,
Further, known recording methods such as impact recording methods such as daisy wheel recording method and wire dot recording method can be applied.

[Prior Art] There are thermal printers, inkjet printers, wire dot printers, etc. as recording devices that perform recording by moving a recording section relative to the recording surface on which recording is to be performed. After accelerating to a certain speed, recording begins, and after recording is complete, the carrier speed is decelerated and stopped.

By the way, recently there has been a demand to further increase the recording speed.
For this purpose, the carrier velocity must be increased.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, according to the conventional method, so-called non-recording sections (run-up sections, stop sections) in which recording required for acceleration or deceleration of the carrier cannot be performed increase significantly. On the other hand, if an attempt is made to shorten the run-up section of the carrier, the carrier drive motor must be increased in size.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and its purpose is to provide a recording method and apparatus that can perform faster recording.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording method and a recording apparatus that can perform recording with improved recording quality.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording method and apparatus that can reduce the non-recording section in which the recording means moves along the recording medium without recording.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording method and apparatus that can eliminate the problems of the prior art described above and allow high-speed recording without increasing the number of non-recorded sections.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the recording method of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, in a recording method for recording on a recording medium, a recording width to be recorded is recognized, and a recording means for recording on the recording medium is moved at a moving speed selected according to the recognized recording width. Recording is performed by moving along the conveyance path.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the recording apparatus of the present invention is a recording apparatus that moves a recording section with respect to a recording surface and performs recording, the recording device comprising a traveling means that causes the recording section to travel according to a predetermined speed sequence. The apparatus generally comprises: and a recording means that performs recording at dot timing according to the speed sequence of the traveling means.

Preferably, the speed sequence differs depending on the recording width of the recording line.

[Operation] In such a configuration, the traveling means causes the recording section to travel according to a speed sequence of, for example, constant acceleration, constant high speed running, and constant deceleration. On the other hand, the recording means records the acceleration by the traveling means;
Recording is performed at each dot timing according to the speed sequence of constant high speed running and deceleration.

Preferably, the speed sequence (in particular the maximum speed) varies depending on the recording width of the recording line in question.

[Description of Embodiments] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment described below, the traveling means causes the recording section to travel according to a speed sequence of, for example, constant acceleration, high-speed constant running, and constant deceleration. On the other hand, the recording means performs recording at each dot timing according to the speed sequence of constant acceleration, high-speed constant running, and constant deceleration by the traveling means.

Preferably, the speed sequence (especially the maximum speed) differs depending on the recording width of the recording line.

Also preferably, the acceleration or deceleration slopes of the speed sequences are the same.

FIG. 4(A) is a conceptual diagram of a recording section of a thermal printer to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 4(B) is a plan view of the thermal printer.

(Although the log section is shown in more detail in FIG. 4(B) than in FIG. 4(A), it is functionally the same.) The carrier motor 20 is moved according to a predetermined speed sequence. By controlling the rotation, the carrier 1 on which the thermal head 4 is mounted is subjected to constant acceleration, high-speed constant running, and constant deceleration in the directions of arrows 3. Then, the plurality of heating elements 4a of the thermal head 4 are activated at a timing corresponding to the carrier speed at each point in time.
The heating element selected according to the recorded information is made to generate heat,
The ink contained in the ink ribbon 5 is transferred to the recording paper 2 to perform recording on the recording paper 2.

On the other hand, in conjunction with the constant acceleration, constant high-speed running, and constant deceleration of the carrier l, the constant acceleration, constant high-speed running, and constant deceleration of the take-up reel (ripon pancake) 6a in the direction of the arrow 7 are also matched. To prevent the occurrence of rubbing between an ink ribbon (thermal ribbon) 5 and recording paper 2.

Here, a thermal printer to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4(B).

In FIG. 4(B), 31 is a platen, which is made of a rubber material. The thermal head 4 sandwiches the ink ribbon 5 and the recording paper 2 between itself and the platen 31, and presses the ink ribbon 5 and the recording paper 2 against the platen 31 by the elastic force of a spring 35. The ink ribbon 5 is arranged on the carrier 1, and is wound from the supply reel 6b to the take-up reel 6a via the thermal head 4 on the carrier 1. A lever 3 that rotates around a shaft 37 on the carrier 1 as a fulcrum.
A spring 39 is placed between one end of the lever 8 and the carrier 1 to rotate the lever 38 clockwise around the shaft 37. Further, a ribbon pulse motor 22 is attached to the other end of the lever 38. A ratchet wheel 41 is fixed on the motor shaft 22a, and the tension of the spring 39 of the lever 38 causes the ratchet wheel 41 and the ink ribbon 5 wound around the take-up reel 6a to mesh and stand still. Regardless of the winding diameter of the ribbon 5, it is arranged at a position where it always comes into contact with the ribbon 5.

Now, the carrier 1 has a fixed shaft 42 parallel to the platen 31.
．． 43, and the thermal head 4 is attached to the platen 31.
move parallel to. Further, the toothed belt 44 whose one end is fixed to the carrier 1 is also fixed to the carrier 1 at the other end via boobies 45 and 46. Furthermore, a gear 47 is constructed integrally with the pulley 45, and this gear 47 is engaged with a gear 39 fixed on the shaft 2Oa of the carrier pulse motor 20. Therefore, the rotation of the pulse motor 20 drives the toothed belt 44 to move the carrier 1 to the platen 3l.
It can be moved left and right parallel to the The ink ribbon 5 is controlled by this moving speed V and the ribbon pulse motor 22.
The moving speed of carrier 1 becomes equal in the opposite direction, and carrier 1
Even if the ink ribbon 5 and the recording paper 2 move, the same portion of the ink ribbon 5 and the recording paper 2 are always in contact with each other.

Now, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the control section of the thermal printer of the above embodiment. In the figure, 10 is a CPU, which performs main control of the thermal printer. 11 is ROM
For example, the recording control program shown in FIG. 3, which is executed by the CPU 10, is stored therein. 12 is RAM;
In addition to storing character codes for recording, for example, the CPU
Used by IO as a work area. A character generator (CG) 13 stores dot pattern data corresponding to character codes. Reference numeral 14 denotes a record data input means, which inputs record data from a host system or a keyboard (not shown). An image memory (IM) 15 stores the dot pattern image of the recording line developed by the CPU 10. l6 is an I/O boat (I/O) that decodes and outputs CPUIO instructions. 17 is a speed sequence generation means (
VG), and the voltage signal V of the speed sequence differs depending on the speed sequence designation mode M from CPtJ10.
Outputs VA/VVB. 18 is a voltage frequency conversion means (VFC), which converts the speed sequence voltage signal VV
A/VVB pulse signal train T C A/
Output TCB. A carrier motor control circuit (CMD) 19 outputs a phase clock signal for driving the carrier motor (CM) 20 in accordance with pulse signals TCA/TCB. 20 is a carrier motor (CM), for example, a pulse motor. 21 is a ribbon motor control circuit (RMD), which controls the pulse signal TCA.
/T Outputs a phase signal for driving the ribbon motor (RM) 22 according to the pulse signal TRA/TRB related to CB. 23 is a thermal recording control circuit (THC) which reads recording data (ID) from the IMI 5 according to the pulse signals TTA/TTH related to the pulse signals TCA/TCB, and controls the thermal head (TH) 4 using the ID. Driven by heat generation.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating recording control in the embodiment. The horizontal axis is time from the start of carrier movement, and the vertical axis is carrier speed. In the figure, the graph v■A shows one speed sequence, and corresponds to the carrier drive pulse signal TCA. According to the graph ■■A, the vehicle first accelerates to a speed v1 at a constant acceleration, travels at a constant speed at the speed ■1, and then decelerates at a constant rate. Also, the thick line part in the graph VVA is the part where recording (thermal heat) is actually performed, and the speed V
Recording starts after acceleration to 1, and deceleration begins after recording ends. The speed V is, for example, about 30 characters/second, which is the same as in the conventional case, and the maximum torque characteristic of the carrier motor 20 is brought out from the start of driving, and the speed increases to speed 1. The run-up distance (non-recording distance) ρ1 in this case is a practical distance and is relatively short (about 3 to 5 mm) as in the conventional case. The same applies to the stopping distance (non-recording distance) β2.

Further, graph VVB shows the other speed sequence and corresponds to carrier drive pulse signal TCB. According to the graph VVB, the vehicle first accelerates to a different speed v2 at the same constant acceleration, travels at a constant speed v2, and then decelerates at the same constant rate. The speed v2 is, for example, 4 to 5 times the speed (2) (the figure shows the speed as twice).

Therefore, the acceleration section needs to exceed the speed v1 and further reach the speed v2. Therefore, the run-up distance ρ3 from the start of driving to the speed ■2 and the stopping distance I24 from the speed ■2 to the stop are approximately 4 to 5 times, respectively, but in this example, the speed is around the speed ■1 during acceleration. Start recording with , speed ■2
Recording continues in the section PTB, which leads to , and further continues recording in the section PTB2 at speed ■2, and continues recording in the section PTB, which is in the middle of deceleration. It is possible to record up to Therefore, even in this case, the actual non-recording distances are ρ1 and ρ2 as in the conventional case.

Note that whether or not to perform recording during acceleration or deceleration may be selected as appropriate. For example, recording may be performed during either acceleration or deceleration, and during low-speed driving.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in graphs VVA and Graphs ■■B, the length of the non-recording section where no recording is performed while the carrier 1 is moving is constant regardless of the maximum speed during recording. This allows the recording quality to be further improved; however, the present invention is not limited to this, and the lengths of the non-recording sections may be different.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when recording a short sentence from the beginning of a line, it is recorded according to the speed mode VVA, and when recording a full line, it is recorded according to the speed mode VVB. As shown in the figure, since the time difference between the two is small, recording can be performed at an extremely high speed compared to the conventional method.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the recording control program of the embodiment. In advance, the CPUIO accesses the CG13 using the character code in the RAM12, and develops the read character pattern data in the IMI5. When the development of one line of recording is completed in this way, the control line CNT is
The expansion end address (corresponding to the recording width) is set via the ``record width'' and inputted to the control shown in FIG.

In step S1, it is determined whether (recording width)>N. (
The recording width) is known by the above expansion process. In the simplest case, the predetermined number N is set to approximately 1/2 of the paper width (effective recording paper width), for example. Or (PTB, +
PTB. ) is the width that can be recorded in the area. Therefore, for example, when recording in full over the paper width, when the first half is blank but there are characters in the second half, or when characters or words are scattered across the paper width, (recording width)
>N is satisfied. Furthermore, if there are characters only in the first half of a line, (recording width)>N is not satisfied. If (recording width)>N is determined in step S1, recording mode M is determined in step S2.
``B'' (VVB mode) is set to ``B'' (VVB mode).If (recording width)>N is not satisfied, ``A'' (VVA mode) is set to recording mode M in step S3. In step S4, the energizing signal E of the VG17 is set to logic 1 level.

As a result, carrier 1 starts accelerating. Step S5
Then, wait until the carrier speed becomes (1) via the sense line (SEN) of the THC23. Since the signal TTA/B related to the speed signal VVA/H is input to the THC 23, the speed V can be detected from the signal period. Of course, the speed V may be detected by other methods. When it reaches (carrier speed=V+), the process proceeds to step S6, and the reading/recording control in the THC 23 is energized (CNT←start). As a result, THC reads pattern data sequentially from the first address of IMI 5, and pulse signal T
The thermal head 4 is heated and driven in synchronization with TA/B.

In step S7, the process waits for the end of recording (SEN=END) via the sense line SEN. That is, THC23
Recording ends when the read address (AD) within reaches the preset development end address (recording width). In step S8, the energizing signal E of the VG17 is set to logic 0 level.

Note that there is no problem even if the energizing signal E of the VG 17 is not set to the logic O level in step S8. This is because, in any case, at the end of the paper width, the velocity sequence VVB shown in FIG.
(or VVA). On the other hand, setting the energizing signal E to logic 0 level has the following advantages. For example, the velocity sequence VVA shown in FIG. 2 can start decelerating at any point in time when recording ends, thereby improving the efficiency of carrier demand scanning. Also, in the case of the speed sequence VVB, deceleration can be started at any arbitrary recording end point as shown by line Q in the figure.

Therefore, the traveling means for causing the recording section of this embodiment to travel according to a predetermined speed sequence is V G 1 7 in FIG.
In addition to referring not only to a configuration consisting of such as
The present invention includes means for realizing a function of detecting speed v1, recording up to speed v2, and continuing recording at the constant speed v2.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a recording example of the embodiment.

In the figure, 100 is a row that does not satisfy (recording width)>N. In this case, recording is performed using the graph VVA mode shown in FIG. Further, rows 101 and 102 are rows that satisfy (recording width)>N. In this case, recording is performed using the graph VVB mode shown in FIG.

If there is a relatively large blank space in the middle of a recording line, as shown in line 102, the thermal head 4 is temporarily raised above the recording paper 2 and the ribbon is not fed in that section in order to save the recording ribbon 5. It is also good (so-called skip function).

The carrier motor may be either a pulse motor or a DC motor, and the timing for applying heat is in synchronization with the switching timing of the excitation phase in the case of a pulse motor, or by a signal from an encoder, etc. in the case of a DC motor. During acceleration by applying heat in synchronization with the timing,
Records at a predetermined pitch (ordinary natural images may also be used) can be obtained regardless of whether the speed is constant or decelerating. For example, career mode 1
If the step corresponds to (1/360) inch/pitch on paper, and the dot pitch of the image is also (1/360) inch/pitch, then the pulse motor or DC motor is Since the heat dots are updated according to the rotation angle, images with a constant pitch can always be obtained. The width of the heat pulse is such that, for example, the width of the heat pulse satisfies the speed (2) so that a uniform density can be obtained in the entire recording section.

In addition, recording is normally possible in the non-recording section, that is, immediately after the carrier 1 starts moving or immediately before the carrier 1 stops, but in reality, there is inertia, deflection, play, etc. of the mechanical part,
Since recording in this section becomes unstable, it was not adopted in this embodiment.

Further, in the above embodiment, the speed mode is set to V. ,V. However, it is not limited to these two. Furthermore, V. ,V. ... may be added to create a multi-speed mode.

In addition, according to this, recording width switching setting values N2, N3,
It is also possible to set...

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, in the graph VVB mode shown in FIG. 2 in which printing is performed at speed V2, recording is executed in both the section PTB in the acceleration region and the section PTB3 in the deceleration region. It is also possible to configure such that recording is performed only in the area of PTB2 without recording.

In this case as well, the recording width switching setting value N is determined appropriately, and the recording speed is determined by N. , V2 and performs recording, high-speed recording can be achieved.

Furthermore, another embodiment will be described using FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing an example of an inkjet recording apparatus to which the present invention is applied, similar to the above embodiment. In addition,
The same drawing numbers are given to members having the same functions as those in the above-mentioned embodiments, and the description thereof will be referred to.

In FIG. 6, 50 is a head cartridge, which integrates a recording head constructed using a heater board and an ink tank serving as an ink supply source. This head cartridge 50 is removably fixed on the carrier 1 by a holding member 6l, and these can be reciprocated in the longitudinal direction along shafts 42, 43. The ink ejected from the ejection openings of the print head reaches the recording paper 2 whose recording surface is regulated by the platen 31 at a small distance from the print head, and records an image on the recording paper 2.

An ejection signal corresponding to image data is supplied to the recording head from an appropriate data supply source via a cable 56 and a terminal (not shown) connected thereto. The number of head cartridges 50 may be one or more depending on the ink color used, etc.
(two in the figure) can be provided. Note that the recording head has an electrothermal converter, and the heat generated by the electrothermal converter causes film boiling, which forms bubbles in the ink, and the growth and contraction of the bubbles causes the discharge ports to close. The ink is ejected from the ink. Also, 60 is feed mode evening,
The platen roller 31 is rotated via gears 60a and 60b. Furthermore, 62 is a switch that turns on and off the power of the inkjet recording apparatus.

The above-mentioned embodiments are particularly applicable to a recording apparatus that applies a bubble jet recording method among inkjet recording methods.
It brings about excellent effects.

For typical configurations and principles thereof, see, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,723,129 and 4,740,79.
Preferably, the method is carried out using the basic principle disclosed in the specification of No. 6. This method can be applied to both the so-called on-demand type and continuous type, but in particular,
In the case of the on-demand type, an electrothermal transducer placed in correspondence with the sheet holding the liquid (ink) or the liquid path is used to respond to the recorded information and to generate a rapid temperature rise that exceeds nucleate boiling. By applying at least one drive signal, the electrothermal transducer generates thermal energy and causes film boiling on the heat-active surface of the recording head, resulting in a liquid ( This is effective because it can form air bubbles within the ink. The growth and contraction of the bubble causes liquid (ink) to be ejected through the ejection opening to form at least one droplet. If this drive signal is in the form of a pulse, bubble growth and contraction will occur immediately and appropriately.
Particularly responsive liquid (ink) ejection can be achieved,
More preferred. This pulsed drive signal is described in US Pat. No. 4,463,359, US Pat. No. 4,345,
262 is suitable.

Furthermore, if the conditions described in US Pat. No. 4,313,124 concerning the invention regarding the temperature increase rate of the heat acting surface are adopted, even more excellent recording can be performed.

The configuration of the recording head includes a combination configuration of an ejection port, a liquid path, and an electrothermal converter (straight liquid flow path or right-angled liquid flow path) as disclosed in the above-mentioned specifications, as well as a heat acting part. U.S. Pat. No. 4,558,333 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,459 disclose configurations in which the
, 600 is also applicable to the above embodiments. In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 123670 of 1982 discloses a configuration in which a common slit is used as a discharge part for a plurality of electrothermal converters, and a hole that absorbs pressure waves of thermal energy is disclosed. The above-described embodiment is also effective even if the structure is based on Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 138461 of 1981, which discloses a structure corresponding to the discharge section.

In addition, a replaceable chip-type recording head that is attached to the device body enables electrical connection to the device body and ink supply from the device body, or a chip-type recording head that is installed integrally with the recording head itself. The above embodiment is also effective when using a cartridge type recording head.

Further, it is preferable to add recovery means, preliminary auxiliary means, etc. for the recording head to the configuration of the recording apparatus of the above-mentioned embodiment, since this can further stabilize the effects of the above-mentioned embodiment. Specifically, these include: a cabling means, a cleaning means, a pressurizing or suction means, an electrothermal transducer or a separate heating element, or a combination of these as a backup for the recording head. It is also effective to use a heating means and a preliminary ejection mode in which ejection is performed separately from printing to perform stable printing.

Furthermore, the recording mode of the recording apparatus is not limited to a recording mode of only mainstream colors such as black.Although the recording head may be configured integrally or by a combination of two or more, it may also be capable of recording multiple colors of different colors or The above-described embodiment is also very effective for devices equipped with at least one full-color color mixture.

In the embodiments of the inkjet recording apparatus described above, the ink is described as a liquid, but for example, it is an ink that solidifies at room temperature or lower, but softens or becomes liquid at a temperature higher than room temperature. Good too. Alternatively, in the above-mentioned inkjet, the ink itself must be heated to 30°C or higher.
Since it is common to adjust the temperature within a range of 0"C or less so that the viscosity of the ink is within the stable ejection range, it is sufficient if the ink is in a liquid state when the recording signal is applied. .

In addition, it is possible to prevent temperature rise due to thermal energy by making the ink use energy to change its state from a solid state to a liquid state, or to use an ink that solidifies when left standing for the purpose of preventing evaporation of the ink. In any case, ink may be liquefied by application of thermal energy in response to a log signal and ejected as liquid ink, or it may already begin to solidify by the time it reaches the recording medium. The use of ink that is liquefied for the first time is also applicable to this embodiment. In such a case, the ink is held in a liquid or solid state in the recesses or through-holes of the porous sheet, as described in JP-A-54-56847 or JP-A-60-71260. It may also be in a form in which it faces the electrothermal transducer in a state where it is held in place. In the embodiments described above, the most effective method for each of the inks described above is to implement the film boiling method described above.

The present invention is applicable to the above-mentioned bubble jet recording method as a recording means, the so-called thermal transfer recording method in which an ink sheet coated with heat-melting ink is heated in accordance with an image signal, and the melted ink is transferred to the recording sheet. Examples include the so-called thermal recording method in which a recording sheet that develops color with heat is heated in accordance with an image signal, the so-called wire dot recording method in which recording is performed by striking an ink ribbon with a wire in accordance with an image signal, etc. , various recording methods can be adopted. Therefore, the recording head is not limited to the above-mentioned bubble jet head, etc., and for example, a thermal head, a wire dot head, etc. can be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a recording method capable of high-speed recording and a recording apparatus using the recording method.

As described above, according to the present invention, high-speed recording can be performed without increasing the number of non-recorded sections.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a control unit of a thermal printer as a recording device to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the recording scheme of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram of this embodiment. 4(A) is a conceptual diagram of the recording unit of the thermal printer of this embodiment. FIG. 4(B) is a plan view of the thermal printer. FIG. 5 is a recording of the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an inkjet recording apparatus as a recording apparatus to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In the figure, l...Carrier, 2...Recording paper, 4...Thermal head, 5...Thermal ribbon, 6...Ribbon pancake, 10.CPU, 11.ROM,
12...RAM, 13...Character generator (CG), 14...Record data input means, 15...
Image memory (IM). 16...I/O boat (
Engineering/0). 17...Velocity sequence generation means (VG)
, l8... voltage frequency conversion means (VFC), 19...
- Carrier motor control circuit (CMD), 20...Carrier motor (CM). 2 1... Ribbon motor control circuit (RMD). 22... Ribbon motor (RM),
23... Thermal recording control circuit (THC).

Claims (27)

[Claims] (1) In a recording method for recording on a recording medium, a recording width to be recorded is recognized, and a recording means for recording on the recording medium is moved to the recording medium at a moving speed selected according to the recognized recording width. A recording method characterized by performing recording by moving along a conveyance path. (2) In a recording method for recording on a recording medium, the recording means for recording on the recording medium is accelerated along the conveyance path of the recording medium, then moved at a constant speed, and then decelerated. A recording method characterized in that a recording width to be performed is recognized and the uniform moving speed is selected according to the recognized recording width. (3) The recording device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recording means has a recording head, and the recording head is driven to generate heat by applying a pulse emitted according to a moving speed. Method. (4) The recording method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recording width is recognized for each line to be recorded. (5) The recording means has a thermal head, and the thermal head is driven to generate heat according to recording information to transfer ink contained in the ink ribbon onto the recording medium to perform recording. The recording method described in Section 1 or Section 2. (6) The recording means has an inkjet head, and the inkjet head records on the recording medium by discharging ink from an ejection port according to recording information. Or the recording method described in Section 2. (7) The recording means has an inkjet head, and the inkjet head ejects ink using thermal energy, and includes an electrothermal converter for generating the thermal energy. The recording method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: (8) Claim 1, wherein the recording means is held on a carrier that reciprocates by driving a belt.
or the recording method described in paragraph 2. (9) In a recording device that records on a recording medium, a recording device that records on a recording medium, a driving device that moves the recording device along a conveyance path of the recording medium, and the recording device that is driven by the driving device. a recognition means for recognizing a recording width to be recorded; and a control means for moving the recording means at a movement speed selected according to the recording width recognized by the recognition means. A recording device comprising: (10) A recording device that records on a recording medium, comprising: a recording means that records on the recording medium; a conveying means that conveys the recording medium; and a recording width that recognizes the recording width to be recorded, and the recognized recording width. A recording apparatus comprising: a control means for moving the recording means along a conveyance path of the recording medium at a moving speed selected according to the following. (11) The recording apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the movement of the recording means is an accelerated movement, then a constant speed movement, and then a decelerated movement. (12) The recording means has a recording head, and the recording head is driven to generate heat by applying a pulse emitted according to a moving speed.
The recording device according to item 0. (13) The recognition of the recording width is performed for each line to be recorded.
The recording device according to item 0. (14) The recording means has a thermal head, and the thermal head is driven to generate heat according to recording information to transfer ink contained in the ink ribbon onto the recording medium to perform recording. The recording device according to claim 9 or 10. (15) The recording means has an inkjet head,
11. The recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the inkjet head performs recording on the recording medium by ejecting ink from an ejection port according to recording information. (16) The recording means has an inkjet head,
11. The inkjet head discharges ink using thermal energy, and includes an electrothermal converter for generating the thermal energy. Recording device as described. (17) The recording apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the recording means is held by a carrier that reciprocates by driving a belt. (18) The recording apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the main control means includes a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM. (19) A recording device that performs recording while moving a recording section with respect to a recording surface, comprising a traveling means for traveling the recording section according to a predetermined speed sequence, and a dot timing according to the speed sequence of the traveling means. A recording device comprising a recording means for recording. (20) The recording apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the speed sequence differs depending on the recording width of the recording line. (21) The recording apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the slopes of acceleration or deceleration of the speed sequences are the same. (22) A recording device that records on a recording medium, comprising a recording means that records on the recording medium, a conveying means that conveys the recording medium, and a recording width that recognizes the recording width to be recorded, and the recognized recording width. A recording apparatus comprising: means for switching a maximum value of a moving speed of the recording medium along a conveyance path in order to perform recording by the recording means in accordance with the conveyance path of the recording medium. (23) In a recording device that records on a recording medium, a recording means that records on the recording medium, a conveying means that conveys the recording medium, and a recording width that recognizes the recording width to be recorded and responds to the recognized recording width. A recording apparatus comprising: a control means for controlling the recording means to operate even when the recording means is running other than the constant running. (24) The recording means has a thermal head, and the thermal head is driven to generate heat according to the recording information to transfer ink contained in the ink ribbon onto the recording medium to perform recording. The recording device according to claim 22 or 23. (25) The recording means has an inkjet head,
24. The recording apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the inkjet head performs recording on the recording medium by ejecting ink from an ejection port in accordance with recording information. (26) The recording means has an inkjet head,
According to claim 22 or 23, the inkjet head discharges ink using thermal energy, and includes an electrothermal converter for generating the thermal energy. Recording device as described. (27) Claim 22 or 23, characterized in that the length of the non-recording section in which no recording is performed during the movement of the recording means is constant regardless of the maximum speed during recording.
Recording device described in section.