Apparatus for controlling the carriage of a printer
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling the carriage of a printer with a stepping motor, for reciprocating the carriage having a printing head mounted thereon, comprising a power source circuit, a drive circuit for driving said stepping motor with electric power supplied from said power source circuit, and a controller which controls said drive circuit;
- wherein said controller is provided with voltage detecting means for detecting the magnitude of the voltage supplied from said power source circuit, and delay control means for delaying the initiating of the drive of said stepping motor at each end of the reciprocating motion of said carriage according to said magnitude of detected voltage supplied from said voltage detecting means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the carriage of a printer equipped with a stepping motor for reciprocating the carriage with a printing head comprising a power source circuit, a drive circuit for driving the stepping motor and a controller, in combination with a voltage detector for detecting voltage supplied from the power source circuit and a delay controller for delaying the driving time of the stepping motor at each end of the reciprocating motion of the carriage according to the voltage detected by the detector in order to prevent the stepping motor from excessive temperature rise.
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3 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling the carriage of a printer with a stepping motor, for reciprocating the carriage having a printing head mounted thereon, comprising a power source circuit, a drive circuit for driving said stepping motor with electric power supplied from said power source circuit, and a controller which controls said drive circuit;
wherein said controller is provided with voltage detecting means for detecting the magnitude of the voltage supplied from said power source circuit, and delay control means for delaying the initiating of the drive of said stepping motor at each end of the reciprocating motion of said carriage according to said magnitude of detected voltage supplied from said voltage detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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