US 6,982,738 B2 | ||
Color printer and color printing method | ||
Shusuke Mogi, Saitama (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
Filed on Feb. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/782,860. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2003-093622 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2003. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0189782 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 347—218 | 10 Claims |
1. A color printer having at least one recording head and a feed roller pair, said recording head recording at least a first,
a second, and a third primary color image within a recording area of recording material by frame sequential printing, said
feed roller pair alternately conveying said recording material in a first direction and a second direction, said color printer
comprising:
a detector for detecting a conveyance amount of said recording material by said feed roller pair;
a controller for performing a print sequence and a return sequence for said respective primary color images, and in said print
sequence, said controller making said feed roller pair convey said recording material in said first direction, and when the
conveyance amount from the start of conveyance of said recording material in said first direction reaches a first target conveyance
amount, said controller driving said recording head to record one of said first to third primary color images within said
recording area of said recording material, and in said return sequence, said controller making said feed roller pair convey
said recording material in said second direction, and when the conveyance amount from the start of conveyance of said recording
material in said second direction reaches a second target conveyance amount, said controller stopping its conveyance; and
correction means for correcting said first target conveyance amount or said second target conveyance amount related to recording
said second or said third primary color image, said correction means obtaining the correction amount of conveyance based on
conveyance speed of said recording material in said return sequence.
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