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(11) | EP 0 759 363 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Printing apparatus and initialization method thereof |
(57) Disclosed are a printing apparatus and a method of initializing it which allow to
prevent loss of print data due to print operation malfunction after the completion
of the initialization. This is achieved by detecting error conditions related to the
motion of a print head during the initialization. In the initialization process of
the print head (3) is moved until it is detected by a reference position detector
(16) located at the left edge of a printable area. Then the print head (3) is moved
over the entire printable area to its rightmost position (37). By checking whether
or not the print head has moved correctly, it is possible to detect any error conditions
relating to the motion of print head (3) prior to printing. |