INK JET HEAD CONTROLLER, INK JET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING TIMING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink jet controller capable of dealing with a plurality of arbitrary ink jet heads and to provide a method for controlling its timing. ;SOLUTION: The ink jet controller comprises an image data memory 13 for storing received image data, a data converter 14 for converting the image data into print data of the ink jet head, and a print data memory 15 for storing the print data. Meanwhile, the method for controlling the timing comprises the steps of generating print timing signal by an MPU 11 based on print data timing set arbitrarily by a set data input unit 10, and further imparting the print timing signal and address information to the print data memory 15. Thus, the print data signal is read according to address information, and the ink jet head is driven via a print signal transmitter 17 together with the print timing signal.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO