Ink jet recovery process initiated by an information processing apparatus
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1. An ink jet apparatus comprising:
- an ink jet printer for performing a printing operation to form a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging ink in response to an image forming signal provided to a printer controlling portion of said ink jet printer; and
an information processing apparatus connected to said ink jet printer and including a keyboard and a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating a recovery signal different from the image forming signal and supplied to said printer controlling portion to effect a recovery operation for maintaining an ink discharging state of said ink jet printer, wherein the information processing apparatus counts an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation was performed, at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed being varied by the recovery signal based on the elapsed time.
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording head having an ink ejection outlet for ejecting ink in response to recording data received from a main body of an information processing apparatus. A recover operation is performed on the recording head for restoring ink ejection and for preventing ink ejection failure, in response to a command from the main body of the information processing apparatus.
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1. An ink jet apparatus comprising:
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an ink jet printer for performing a printing operation to form a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging ink in response to an image forming signal provided to a printer controlling portion of said ink jet printer; and
an information processing apparatus connected to said ink jet printer and including a keyboard and a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating a recovery signal different from the image forming signal and supplied to said printer controlling portion to effect a recovery operation for maintaining an ink discharging state of said ink jet printer, wherein the information processing apparatus counts an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation was performed, at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed being varied by the recovery signal based on the elapsed time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An ink jet apparatus comprising:
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an ink jet printer for forming a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging an ink in response to an image forming signal provided to a printer controlling portion of said ink jet printer; and
an information processing apparatus connected to said ink jet printer and including (a) timer means for counting an elapsed time, (b) a keyboard, (c) a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating a recovery signal different from the image forming signal and supplied to said printer controlling portion to effect a recovery operation for maintaining an ink discharging state of said ink jet printer, and (d) a back-up power source for said timer means, wherein a command from said timer means based on an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation is performed varies at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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means for connecting the information processing apparatus to an ink jet printer for performing a printing operation to form a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging ink in response to an image forming signal provided to a printer controlling portion of the ink jet printer;
a keyboard; and
a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating a recovery signal different from the image forming signal and supplied to said printer controlling portion to effect a recovery operation for maintaining an ink discharging state of the ink jet printer, wherein the information processing apparatus counts an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation was performed, at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed being varied by the recovery signal based on the elapsed time. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An ink jet printer comprising:
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means for performing a printing operation to form a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging ink in response to an image forming signal and for performing a recovery operation for maintaining ink discharging state of the ink jet printer in response to a recovery signal different from the image forming signal;
a printer controlling portion for accepting the image forming signal and the recovery signal; and
means for connecting the ink jet printer to an information processing apparatus having a keyboard and a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating the recovery signal, wherein the information processing apparatus counts an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation was performed, at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed being varied by the recovery signal based on the elapsed time. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An ink jet apparatus comprising:
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an ink jet printer for performing a printing operation to form a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging ink in response to an image forming signal provided to a printer controlling portion of said ink jet printer; and
an information processing apparatus connected to said ink jet printer and including a display and a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating a recovery signal different from the image forming signal and supplied to said printer controlling portion to effect a recovery operation for maintaining an ink discharging state of said ink jet printer, wherein the information processing apparatus counts an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation was performed, at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed being varied by the recovery signal based on the elapsed time.
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44. An ink jet apparatus comprising:
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an ink jet printer for forming a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging an ink in response to an image forming signal provided to a printer controlling portion of said ink jet printer; and
an information processing apparatus connected to said ink jet printer and including (a) timer means for counting an elapsed time, (b) a display, (c) a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating a recovery signal different from the image forming signal and supplied to said printer controlling portion to effect a recovery operation for maintaining an ink discharging state of said ink jet printer, and (d) a back-up power source for said timer means, wherein a command from said timer means based on an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation is performed varies at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed.
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45. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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means for connecting the information processing apparatus to an ink jet printer for performing a printing operation to form a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging ink in response to an image forming signal provided to a printer controlling portion of the ink jet printer;
a display; and
a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating a recovery signal different from the image forming signal and supplied to said printer controlling portion to effect a recovery operation for maintaining an ink discharging state of the ink jet printer, wherein the information processing apparatus counts an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation was performed, at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed being varied by the recovery signal based on the elapsed time.
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46. An ink jet printer comprising:
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means for performing a printing operation to form a predetermined image on a recording medium by discharging ink in response to an image forming signal and for performing a recovery operation for maintaining ink discharging state of the ink jet printer in response to a recovery signal different from the image forming signal;
a printer controlling portion for accepting the image forming signal and the recovery signal; and
means for connecting the ink jet printer to an information processing apparatus having a display and a processing device for generating information used to create the image forming signal and for generating the recovery signal, wherein the information processing apparatus counts an elapsed time from a time when a previous recovery operation was performed, at least one of a content and number of times the recovery operation is performed being varied by the recovery signal based on the elapsed time.
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47. An ink jet recording apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus having a keyboard, said ink jet recording apparatus comprising:
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a recording head including ink ejection outlets for ejecting ink based on recording data received from the information processing apparatus as a supply source of the recording data;
means for receiving a command different from the recording data from the information recording apparatus; and
means for performing a recover operation on said recording head for restoring ink ejection and for preventing ink ejection failure in response to the command from the information processing apparatus.
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48. An information processing apparatus connected to an ink jet recording apparatus having a recording head including ink ejection outlets for ejecting ink, said information processing apparatus comprising:
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means for sending recording data to the ink jet recording apparatus, the ink ejection outlets ejecting ink based on the recording data sent from said information processing apparatus;
a keyboard; and
means for sending a command different from the recording data to the ink jet recording apparatus, the command commanding the ink jet recording apparatus to perform a recover operation on the recording head for restoring ink ejection and for preventing ink ejection failure.
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49. An information processing apparatus connected to an ink jet recording apparatus having a recording head including ink ejection outlets for ejecting ink, said information processing apparatus comprising:
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means for sending recording data to the ink jet recording apparatus, the ink ejection outlets ejecting ink based on the recording data sent from said information processing apparatus;
a display; and
means for sending a command different from the recording data to the ink jet recording apparatus, the command commanding the ink jet recording apparatus to perform a recover operation on the recording head for restoring ink ejection and for preventing ink ejection failure.
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50. An ink jet recording apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus having a display, said ink jet recording apparatus comprising:
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a recording head including ink ejection outlets for ejecting ink based on recording data received from the information processing apparatus as a supply source of the recording data;
means for receiving a command different from the recording data from the information recording apparatus; and
means for performing a recover operation on said recording head for restoring ink ejection and for preventing ink ejection failure in response to the command from the information processing apparatus.
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