1. An image printing device comprising:
a load unit that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media;
a printing unit that performs a printing process for the printing media transported from the load unit;
a moving unit that is movable in a predetermined main scanning direction;
a printing medium detecting unit that is mounted to the moving unit and detects a signal relating to a presence of a printing medium;
a position detecting unit that detects a position of the moving unit; and
a control unit that determines a change in the presence of the printing medium based on the detected signal from the printing medium detecting unit at a time when the moving unit is moved at a predetermined timing in the printing process, sets one or more measured position based on the position of the moving unit at a time when the presence of the printing medium changes, determines that duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy occurs when a width calculated based on the measured position is approximately the same as a theoretical width and a second width calculated based on a second measured position exceeds the theoretical width by a significant value, and performs a process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy.
2. The image printing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit employs a timing during which the moving unit is determined to traverse left and right ends of the printing medium in accordance with a maintenance request in the printing process, as the predetermined timing in the printing process.
3. The image printing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs a process of stopping the printing process as the process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy.
4. The image printing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stops the printing process performed by the print unit and stores a position of the printing medium at which the printing process for the printing medium is completed at a time when the printing process is stopped in a predetermined storage unit for performing the process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy, and
wherein the control unit reads out the position at which the printing process is completed from the storage unit, transports the printing medium to the position at which the printing process is completed, and controls the printing unit to perform a printing process when a direction for resuming the printing process for the printing medium for which the printing process is stopped is issued.
5. The image printing device according to claim 1,
further comprising a notification unit that notifies a user,
wherein the control unit controls the notification unit to notify the user that the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy occurs in performing the process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy.
6. A method of controlling an image printing device that comprises a load unit that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media; a printing unit that performs a printing process for the printing media transported from the load unit; a moving unit that is movable in a predetermined main scanning direction; a printing medium detecting unit that is mounted to the moving unit and detects a signal relating to a presence of a printing medium; and a position detecting unit that detects a position of the moving unit, the method comprising:
(a) determining a change in the presence of the printing medium based on the detected signal from the printing medium detecting unit at a time when the moving unit is moved at a predetermined timing in the printing process; and
(b) setting one or more measured position of the moving unit at a time when the presence of the printing medium changes, determining that duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy occurs in when a width calculated based on a measured position is approximately the same as a theoretical width and a second width calculated based on a second measured position exceeds the theoretical width by a significant value.
7. An image printing device comprising:
a paper tray that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media;
a printer mechanism that performs a printing process for the printing media transported from the paper tray;
a carriage that is movable in a predetermined main scanning direction;
a printing medium detector that is mounted to the carriage and detects a signal relating to a presence of a printing medium;
a position detector that detects a position of the carriage; and
a controller that determines a change in the presence of the printing medium based on the detected signal from the printing medium detector at a time when the carriage is moved at a predetermined timing in the printing process, sets one or more measured position based on the position of the carriage at a time when the presence of the printing medium changes, determines that duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy occurs when a width calculated based on a measured position is approximately the same as a theoretical width and a second width calculated based on a second measured position exceeds the theoretical width by a significant value, and performs a process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy.
8. The image printing device according to claim 7, wherein the controller employs a timing during which the moving unit is determined to traverse left and right ends of the printing medium in accordance with a maintenance request in the printing process, as the predetermined timing in the printing process.
9. The image printing device according to claim 7, wherein the controller performs a process of stopping the printing process as the process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy.
10. The image printing device according to claim 7,
wherein the controller stops the printing process performed by the printer mechanism and stores a position of the printing medium at which the printing process for the printing medium is completed at a time when the printing process is stopped in a predetermined memory for performing the process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy, and
wherein the controller reads out the position at which the printing process is completed from the memory, transports the printing medium to the position at which the printing process is completed, and then controls the printer mechanism to perform a printing process when a direction for resuming the printing process for the printing medium for which the printing process is stopped is issued.
11. The image printing device according to claim 7, further comprising a notifier that notifies a user, wherein the controller controls the notifier to notify the user that the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy occurs in performing the process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy.
12. A method of controlling a printing device according to claim 6, further comprising the step of performing a process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy.
13. A method of controlling an image printing device that comprises a paper tray that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media; a printing mechanism that performs a printing process for the printing media transported from the paper tray; a carriage that is movable in a predetermined main scanning direction; a printing medium detector that is mounted to the carriage and detects a signal relating to a presence of a printing medium; and a position detector that detects a position of the carriage, the method comprising:
(a) determining a change in the presence of the printing medium based on the detected signal from the printing medium detector at a time when the carriage is moved at a predetermined timing in the printing process; and
(b) setting one or more measured position of the carriage at a time when the presence of the printing medium changes, determining that duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy occurs in when a width calculated based on a measured position is approximately the same as a theoretical width and a second width calculated based on a second measured position exceeds the theoretical width by a significant value.
14. A method of controlling a printing device according to claim 13, further comprising the step of performing a process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy.
15. An image printing device comprising:
a load unit that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media;
a printing unit that performs a printing process for the printing media transported from the load unit;
a moving unit that is movable in a predetermined main scanning direction;
a printing medium detecting unit that is mounted to the moving unit and detects a signal relating to a presence of the printing medium;
a position detecting unit that detects a position of the moving unit; and
a control unit that determines a change in the presence of the printing medium based on the detected signal from the printing medium detecting unit at a time when the moving unit is moved during the printing process, sets a measured positions based on the position of the moving unit at a time when the presence of the printing medium changes, determines that duplicate transport with a discrepancy occurs when a width calculated based on the measured position differs from a theoretical width by a significant value, and performs a process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a discrepancy.
16. An image printing device comprising:
a paper tray that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media;
a printing mechanism that performs a printing process for the printing media transported from the paper tray;
a carriage that is movable in a predetermined main scanning direction;
a printing medium detector that is mounted to the carriage and detects a signal relating to a presence of the printing medium;
a position detector that detects a position of the carriage; and
a controller that determines a change in the presence of the printing medium based on the detected signal from the printing medium detector at a time when the carriage is moved during the printing process, sets a measured positions based on the position of the carriage at a time when the presence of the printing medium changes, determines that duplicate transport with a discrepancy occurs when a width calculated based on the measured position differs from a theoretical width by a significant value, and performs a process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a discrepancy.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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6. An easily operated nail comprising:
a nail body formed by metal, the nail body comprising:
a tip portion;
a threaded portion; the threaded portion containing all threads on the nail and all spaces between the threads: and the threaded portion having at least one flat surface without threads, any flat surface being not connected to another flat surface;
a non-threaded portion; and
a head portion being a driving portion for engaging a tool for driving the nail; and
wherein the head portion being near the threaded portion and the non-threaded portion is located between the threaded portion and the tip portion;
wherein the non-threaded portion is directly connected to the tip portion; and no thread is formed on the non-threaded portion and the tip portion.
7. The easily operated nail as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are two flat surfaces at the threaded portion of the tip portion.
8. The easily operated nail as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving portion is one of a concave cruciform slot, a concave straight slot, a concave polygonal recess, a convex cruciform protrusion, a concave straight protrusion, and a convex polygonal protrusion.
9. The easily operated easily operated nail as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal is one of iron and steel.