Multifunction peripheral

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11115550-B2
Application number	US-202017023559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2020
Priority date	Sep 30, 2019
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A multifunction peripheral includes: a conveyor reeling out a recording medium from a roll medium and conveying the recording medium; a recording device; a cutter; a reading device; and a controller configured to: record a test image on the recording medium and cut the recording medium to form a rear end of the recording medium; generate read data of the test image; generate correction data relating to a cutting position of the recording medium based on a difference between a length obtained from the generated read data and an ideal value of the length; and record an image on the recording medium based on a recording command and cut the recording medium in a cutting position based on image data included in the recording command and the correction data to form the rear end of the recording medium.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multifunction peripheral comprising:
a conveyor configured to reel out a recording medium from a roll medium on which the recording medium is wound, and to convey the recording medium in a conveying direction;
a cutter configured to cut the recording medium to form a rear end of the recording medium in the conveying direction; and
a controller configured to control the conveyor, recording an image on the recording medium reeled out and conveyed by the converyor, the cutter and the reading data of the image recorded on the recording medium, the controller being configured to perform:
controlling recording a test image on the recording medium and controlling the cutter to cut the recording medium to form the rear end of the recording medium;
after the recording of the test image, controlling generating read data of the test image;
after the generation of the read data, generating correction data relating to a cutting position of the recording medium by the cutter based on a difference between a length obtained from the generated read data and an ideal value of the length, the length being from a predetermined part of the test image to the rear end of the recording medium in the conveying direction; and
after the generation of the correction data, main recording comprising controlling recording an image on the recording medium based on a recording command, and controlling the cutter to cut the recording medium in a cutting position based on image data included in the recording command and the correction data, to form the rear end of the recording medium.

2. The multifunction peripheral according to claim 1 , wherein the cutter is arranged upstream of a recording device in the conveying direction, the recording device being configured to record an image on the recording medium reeled out and conveyed by the conveyor.

3. The multifunction peripheral according to claim 1 , wherein in the main recording, in a case the recording command is a command indicative of margined recording in which a margin is provided on an edge of the recording medium, the controller is configured to control the cutter to cut the recording medium in a cutting position based on the image data, the correction data, and a conveying error of the conveyor.

4. The multifunction peripheral according to claim 1 , wherein in the main recording, in a case the recording command is a command indicative of marginless recording in which no margin is provided on an edge of the recording medium, the controller is configured to correct the image data based on a conveying error of the conveyor, and control recording an image on the recording medium.

5. The multifunction peripheral according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to derive the conveying error from the generated read data.

6. The multifunction peripheral according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to derive the conveying error from the generated read data.

7. The multifunction peripheral according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to perform the recording of the test image, the generation of the read data and the generation of the correction data before the first performance of the main recording using the roll medium.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Isao

Classifications

• H04N1/00679 Primary

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