Patent ID: 6166823
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B65H,G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A printing method for a printing apparatus, said printing apparatus including a print control unit for outputting print information containing printing information consisting of contents to be printed and offset information showing a paper ejecting position by an offset to the present paper ejecting position; and a printing portion having a printing mechanism for printing on paper based on said printing information, and a paper ejecting mechanism for ejecting said paper based on said offset information, said method comprising the steps of:providing said print control unit with a first memory area and a second memory area for storing information associated with a paper ejecting position;providing an instruction containing a first paper ejecting position to said printing portion based on said offset information and contents stored in said first memory area;updating the contents of said first memory area based on said first paper ejecting position contained in said instruction provided to said printing portion;updating the contents of said second memory area based on said paper ejecting position in which said paper ejecting mechanism is actually paper-ejected; andupdating the contents of said first memory area based on the contents of said second memory area in a recovery operation carried out by said printing apparatus after a printing failure which has occurred in said printing portion.