Patent ID: 9162446
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus, comprising: a head unit including a driver to drive a recording head; a recording head controller to output a drive signal to the driver to control operation of the head unit; a recording data transmitter provided in the recording head controller to transfer recording data to the head unit via a signal line; a switching unit provided in the head unit to switch the drive signal applied to the driver between conductive and nonconductive states based on the transferred recording data; a partition signal output unit provided in the recording data transmitter to output an invalid data identification signal that partitions a data signal of the recording data to the head unit, in response to switching by the switching unit; and a data selector provided in the head unit to select data to be discarded from the transferred recording data based on the invalid data identification signal.