Patent ID: 6038032
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B41J,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A handy printing device comprising:a printing unit having a print head that prints an image on a print medium when relative movement is generated between the printing unit and the print medium in a first direction, the print head having a width that defines a maximum possible height in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, that an image can be printed in a single scan in the first direction;a movement amount detection unit that detects amount of relative movement between the printing unit and the print medium in the first direction;an interface that receives, from an external source, a set of print data containing print data for at least a single line of images and for at least a portion of another line of images, the at least single line of images extending in the second direction to less than the maximum possible height;a received data memory that stores the set of print data received by the interface;a print data extraction unit that extracts, from the set of print data stored in the received data memory, print data for the at least single line of images; anda print control unit that controls the printing unit to print the at least single line of images based on detection by the movement amount detection unit and on the print data extracted by the print data extraction unit.