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Designer’s Guide
(STANDARD)
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2.2.2 Strobe Signal Partition
1) The maximum number of elements for the print head that can be energizing simultaneously is 144
dots.
Depending on the number of elements energized for one dot line simultaneously, make a partition the
strobe signals as shown in Table 2.3.1.
Table 2.3.1 Strobe Signal Partition
Number of elements energized simultaneously
Number of partitions
for the strobe signal
1 to 144
1
145 to 288
2
289 to 384
3
c
Number of dots printed with STB1
d
Number of dots printed with STB2
e
Number of dots printed with STB3
c
+
d
> 144 dots?
c
+
e
> 144 dots?
d
+
e
> 144 dots?
Three partitions
1st partition:
c
2nd partition:
d
3rd partition:
e
c
+
d
+
e
> 144 dots?
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
Two partitions
1st partition:
c
2nd partition:
d
+
e
Two partitions
1st partition:
c
+
e
2nd partition:
d
Two partitions
1st partition:
c
+
d
2nd partition:
e
One partition
1st partition:
c
+
d
+
e
Figure 2.2.1 Example Strobe Signal Partition
