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Rarely have we been so excited about three 30-second video clips as we were at the Digital Entertainment Group Europe event held in Disney's offices last night. For the first time on UK soil, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment played actual footage of the forthcoming Blu-ray editions of the Star Wars movies.
Admittedly, we didn't see much. And because of its exclusivity and sensitivity, we weren't allowed to take photographs or video footage of the screen itself (just wide shots). But what we did see was enough to get us as excited as a 7-year-old given his first Darth Vader costume on Christmas morning.
The first two clips we saw were from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (featuring Yoda and some clone troopers flying over the battlefield during the Battle of Geonosis), and the Obi-Wan Kenobi / Anakin Skywalker final fight in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Obviously, as both movies were filmed and stored digitally, they look absolutely perfect - taking full advantage of the crispness afforded by the 1080p resolution of Blu-ray. It depends on the TV's calibration, but on the new Panasonic plasma at the DEGE event the colourfields of both scenes offered, perhaps, the greatest initial impact.
Whatever your thoughts on the content of the prequel trilogy, it is unlikely that you will ever have seen them look more vibrant (and we include HD runs on TV and, even, a majority of cinema presentations).
The pièce de résistance, however, came with the clip from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Taken from the opening sequence of the Special Edition version of the movie (where the Star Destroyer engulfs Princess Leia's starship), the moment when you first see C3PO in full 1080p is stunning. His golden shell gleams with such fine detail and shine that you'd swear the movie was made this year rather than 1977.
In short, from our fleeting but much welcomed previews, Lucasfilm has done an awesome job with the Blu-ray transfer. 12 September is rapidly becoming a landmark date.
We'll bring you more on the Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray as its release day approaches.
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|Atsushi Sakamoto, Hidehiko Kanda
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|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-222058 filed Jul. 30, 2002, which is incorporated hereinto by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an inkjet printing apparatus and, more particularly, to a printing apparatus using an inkjet printing method in which images are formed by forming ink dots on a printing medium.
2. Description of the Related Art
An inkjet printing method is a method of printing in which images are formed by ejecting ink in a single color or a plurality of colors prepared for color printing onto various printing media such as paper, cloth, unwoven fabric, and plastic films for OHPs.
Inkjet printing apparatus employing this method include a so-called serial type inkjet printing apparatus having a carriage on which a printing unit (printing head) is mounted and which performs main scanning in a predetermined direction on a printing medium, a transport unit for transporting the printing medium in a direction different from the main scanning direction (sub-scanning), and a control unit for controlling those units. Ink is ejected from a plurality of ink ejecting openings provided on the printing head while performing serial scanning of the printing head in the main scanning direction. The printing head is transported a predetermined distance between serial scannings (e.g., a printing width that is achieved by one main scan and that is equivalent to the range in which the ejection openings are arranged). Thus, printing is sequentially performed on the printing medium.
Methods of supplying ink to a printing head used in an inkjet printing apparatus of this type include a method in which an ink tank is integrally or separably mounted on a printing head that is mounted on a carriage to be moved back and forth (main scanning) to supply ink to the same and a method in which an ink tank is provided separately from a printing head mounted on a carriage and is fixedly installed in a position in the printing apparatus other than the position of the head and in which ink is supplied by connecting the ink tank and the printing head through a flexible tube. Other methods include a method in which a supply system is configured such that ink is always or continuously supplied from an ink tank to a printing head in an amount in accordance with the amount of ejected ink and a method in which a printing head is provided with a reservoir section for reserving or storing a predetermined amount of ink (an amount to serve a sheet of printing medium, for example) and in which a supply system is configured such that ink is supplied at appropriate timing or intermittently to the reserving section from an ink supply source having a relatively great capacity.
Recording methods called full-multi or line types are also known which utilize a printing head having a multiplicity of nozzles arranged in a range that corresponds to the entire width of a printing medium and in which printing is performed while transporting the printing medium relative to the printing head in the longitudinal direction thereof (sub-scanning direction). In the case of such a full-multi type apparatus, there is no mechanism for scanning a carriage, unlike a serial type; an ink tank is fixedly mounted in another part of the apparatus.
Among such inkjet printing methods, the so-called drop-on-demand method in which printing is performed by ejecting ink directly onto a printing medium in accordance with printing signals is widely used as an easy and inexpensive method of printing.
The most widely known inkjet printing apparatus as described above are types in which an ink tank is provided in the form of a cartridge and in which the ink is replenished when used up by replacing the cartridge with a new one (cartridge replacement types).
There are various configurations for an ink tank as described above including a configuration in which an absorber in the form of a sponge or fabric is contained in the tank to fill the interior of the same and in which the absorbing element is impregnated with ink utilizing a capillary force thereof to hold the ink, a configuration which includes a section for containing such an absorber and another containing section for reserving ink as it is, and a configuration in which a bag is provided in a tank to contain only ink therein and in which a negative pressure is generated with a spring provided between the bag and an outer wall of the ink tank.
Inks used in inkjet printing apparatus are generally categorized into pigment type inks and dye type inks. Depending on purposes of use, some inkjet printing apparatus use dye type inks only; some inkjet printing apparatus use pigment type inks only; and some inkjet printing apparatus use both of dye type and pigment type inks. In some of inkjet printing apparatus that use both of dye type and pigment type inks, a pigment type black ink is used for printing of images that primarily involve black such as texts, and dye type color inks are used for printing of images that are primarily in colors such as those provided by a digital camera.
In using an inkjet printing apparatus, a user buys a new cartridge when ink runs out to replace the cartridge that has been used up as described above. Normally, such cartridges travel various routes of physical distribution for various physical distribution periods before they reach users. Changes can occur in the physical and chemical properties of inks in cartridges that have traveled various routes of physical distribution for various physical distribution periods. Specifically, components of an ink can be combined with each other to become particles having greater diameters or settlings in some occasions. Further, some types of ink easily undergo such changes in physical and chemical properties.
When such an ink including particles having greater diameters or settlings is supplied to a printing head, the ink can clog ink ejection openings and liquid passages in communication therewith to result in an ejection failure. In the case of a printing head in which a heater is used to generate thermal energy as energy for ink ejection, such an ink can cause problems such as kogation or burning which can damage the printing head.
In the case of inkjet printing apparatus for industrial purposes that perform printing on relatively large printing media as those used in the fields of textile printing and commercial printing, a cartridge can be continuously used without becoming a waste when it has a configuration that allows the ink to be replenished properly in accordance with the progress of ink consumption. However, settlings can be deposited on the bottom while the cartridge is used for a long time while being replenished with ink repeatedly.
In order to prevent problems attributable to the use of an ink whose condition has changed in a cartridge, there are proposals on an inkjet printing apparatus having a transport unit aimed at agitation of an ink separate from a transport unit for replenishing an ink chamber with the ink and an inkjet printing apparatus in which a single pump mechanism is used for both of replenishment and agitation of an ink. The purpose is to agitate an ink whose condition has changed in a cartridge, thereby stirring settlings into the ink again to achieve a uniform condition.
In some inkjet printing apparatus having no agitating unit, changes of a certain degree in ink condition on the way of physical distribution and during a physical distribution period are assumed; the portion of the ink whose condition is assumed to have changed is discharged when the cartridge is replaced with new one using a pump unit that is provided in the inkjet printing apparatus for the purpose of charging ink; and printing is performed using the remaining ink.
However, such inkjet printing apparatus have the following problems to be solved.
An ink supply unit and an agitating unit provided in an inkjet printing apparatus create problems such as an increase in the size of a main body of the apparatus and an increase in the manufacturing cost of the apparatus main body, and those units are therefore unsuitable for inkjet printing apparatus to be used in offices or homes.
Even when an ink supply unit serves also as an agitating unit, sufficient agitating performance cannot be achieved in a configuration in which an ink is held in the interior of an ink tank as a whole with a capillary force of an absorber in the form of a sponge or fabric.
Assuming that an ink discharging condition is determined for a long physical distribution period, when a user actually installs and uses an ink tank that has been distributed for a short time, the ink will be discharged in the same amount as that discharged from an ink tank that takes a long time to be distributed. This results in an indiscriminate increase in the running cost.
Assuming that an ink discharging condition is determined for a short physical distribution period, when a user actually installs and uses an ink tank that has been distributed for a long time, the ink will be discharged only in the same amount as that discharged from an ink tank that takes a short time to be distributed. There will be an ink residue whose condition has changed in the ink chamber of the printing head, which can result in problems such as an ejection failure or disabled ejection in nozzles that are not in use.
Such an ejection failure is unlikely to occur at nozzles that are continuously used and is likely to occur at nozzles that are intermittently used (nozzles associated with inks that are not used for forming a certain image).
It is considered that the failure is likely to occur at the intermittently used nozzles because of a difference between quantities of heat accumulated at the continuously used nozzles and the intermittently used nozzles.
The invention has been made to solve such problems, and it is an object of the invention to provide an inkjet printing apparatus in which a suitable process is taken depending on changes in physical properties and chemical properties of an ink to suppress wasteful consumption of the ink and to perform stable printing at a low cost.
Specifically, in an inkjet printing apparatus using an inkjet printing head and an ink tank for supplying an ink to the inkjet printing head, it is an object of the invention to provide stable images with high reliability at a low running cost by suppressing problems such as an ejection failure or disabled ejection attributable to changes in physical and chemical properties of the ink that occur depending on the time spent before the ink tank is delivered to the user via a route of physical distribution.
In an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an inkjet printing apparatus for forming an image using a printing head for ejecting ink and an ink containing section for containing the ink to be supplied to the printing head, comprising:
means for discharging the ink through an ink ejection opening of the printing head to stabilize ink ejecting characteristics of the printing head;
means for detecting the degree of use of the ink in the ink containing section;
means for comparing the detected degree of use of the ink with a predetermined value; and
control means for changing the amount discharged by the discharging means in accordance with the result of the comparison.
The above and other objects, effects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments thereof taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
Reference numeral 11 represents a scanning rail that extends in a direction in which the printing head is scanned (main scanning direction) to slidably support the carriage 2. Reference numeral 52 represents a carriage motor. Reference numeral 53 represents a drive belt that transmits a driving force of the carriage motor 52 for moving the carriage 2 back and forth in the main scanning direction. Reference numerals 15 and 16 and reference numerals 17 and 18 respectively represent pairs of transport rollers that are provided upstream and downstream of a position where printing is performed on a printing medium by the printing heads and that sandwich the printing medium to transport the same. Reference character P represents a printing medium such as paper. The printing medium P is urged against a guide surface of a platen (not shown) for regulating a printing surface of the medium such that it is kept flat.
The printing heads provided at cartridges C mounted on the carriage 2 protrude downward from the carriage 2 and reside between the transport rollers 16 and 18, such that ejection opening forming surfaces of the printing heads having ejection openings formed thereon face the printing medium P that is urged against the guide surface of the platen (not shown) in parallel with the same.
A recovery system unit as a discharging unit is disposed on the left side of the printing apparatus of the present embodiment as shown in
Referring to the recovery system unit in
The interior of the cap units 300 is in communication with pump unit 108(FIG. 2). The pump unit 108 generates a negative pressure as occasions demand. For example, a negative pressure is generated when a suction recovery operation is performed by joining the cap units 300 and the printing heads in case of an ejection failure of the printing heads or when inks ejected on a preliminary basis in the caps of the cap units 300 are sucked.
Reference numeral 401 represents a preliminary ejection receiving section which is provided opposite to the home position with an area for a printing operation on the printing medium P interposed between them. Ink that is unsuitable or possibly unsuitable for printing is discharged by ejecting the ink from the printing head to the preliminary ejection receiving section 401 (preliminary ejection) at a proper timing. Further, a configuration may be employed in which the recovery system unit is provided with a blade constituted by an elastic member such as rubber to wipe condensation that has formed on the ejection opening forming surfaces of the printing heads.
In the printing apparatus of the present embodiment, a single motor is commonly used as a transportation driving motor for transporting the printing medium P and a driving motor for operating the recovery system unit.
Image data, commands, and status signals are transmitted and received to and from the controller 200 through an interface 212. An operating section 219 has a power supply switch 220 and switches for accepting input of instructions of an operator such as recovery switch 221 for instructing activation of suction recovery. A detecting section 223 has sensors for detecting states of the apparatus such as a sensor 222 for detecting the degree of use of the ink, for example, for detecting the consumption of the ink.
A head driver 250 is a driver for driving electrothermal transducers (ejection heaters) 230 of the printing head according to printing data. Reference numeral 252 represents a motor driver for driving the carriage motor 52. Reference numeral 253 represents a motor driver for driving a motor 54 commonly used for transporting the printing medium P and driving the pump unit 108.
The cartridge C has an ink tank T in an upper part thereof and a printing head 86 in a lower part thereof as shown in FIG. 3. An air hole 84 is provided on the top of the ink tank T, and a head side connector 85 is provided at one side of the ink tank T. The connector 85 receives signals for driving the printing head 86. When an ink consumption detecting unit or remaining ink amount detecting unit is provided at the ink tank T, the connector outputs detection signals thereof.
Various sensors may be used as the ink consumption detecting unit or remaining ink amount detecting unit, e.g., a sensor which is provided in the ink tank T to detect a level of ink optically. Their functions may be provided as processes in the main body of the printing apparatus instead of using such a hardware-based configuration. Specifically, the ink consumption detecting unit may be means for calculating ink consumption by detecting the number of dots associated with the ink acquired from image data or detecting a value that is the amount of ink discharged on a preliminary basis expressed in terms of the number of dots, for example. The remaining ink amount detecting unit may be means for calculating the amount of remaining ink by subtracting the ink consumption from a predetermined ink tank capacity, for example. If employing detecting means in which ink consumption or ink remaining amount is calculated as set forth above, a calculated value is to be reset or set at a predetermined value upon exchanging the ink tank T.
The printing head 86 is formed with an ejection opening surface 1 having a plurality of ejection openings provided on the bottom of the same and cannot be seen in the figure. For example, an electrothermal transducer for generating thermal energy as energy to be used for ejecting ink is provided in a liquid path that is in communication with each ejection opening.
The ink tanks T of the cartridges C may contain dye type inks and pigment type inks depending on the specifications and characteristics of the printers. In general, when a pigment type ink having water-solubility lower than that of a dye type ink is contained, the ink can cause phenomena such as coagulation and settling of the coloring material after a long period of preservation of the same in the ink tank. When such a phenomenon occurs, the coloring material which has been distributed with a uniform density in the ink tank T is changed in distribution such that the density becomes higher closer to the bottom of the ink tank T in the attitude or orientation in which the tank is left standing. When a portion of the ink whose coloring material density has thus increased is supplied to the ejecting section of the printing head, ejection can become unstable or clogging can occur during supplying to disable ejection.
Pigment densities and amounts of extracted ink are plotted along the ordinate axis and abscissa axis, respectively. The ink has an initial pigment density of 4.0% when it is charged, and the density varies in the range from about 3.5% to 9.5% one year later depending on the amounts extracted. The closer the amount of extracted ink comes to 0, the higher the pigment density. This is considered attributable to the fact that the tank has been left for one year in the orientation in which the ink supply hole has faced downward to cause coagulation and settling of the pigment.
Ejection control (e.g., control over the ink ejection amount through adjustment of the driving energy of the electrothermal transducer) is performed to allow stable ink ejection when a density error stays within about 50% of the initial density. In the case of a greater density error, however, normal ejection control may fail to keep stable ejection because of significant changes in refill characteristics and sticking characteristics of the ink.
For example, let us assume that an image is printed using only color inks in yellow, magenta, and cyan. In the case of a pigment type black ink, when only normal preliminary ejection is performed to discharge the black ink from the printing head, the black ink may be in a state in which a density error cannot be corrected with normal ejection control. Therefore, preliminary ejection of an ink having a high pigment density can result in image problems such as disturbances in an image attributable to a reduction of the ejecting speed and voids in an image attributable to disabled ejection unless the ink is ejected in an amount greater than that of normal preliminary ejection to sufficiently discharge a portion of the ink that is in a state unsuitable for printing (i.e., a state that cannot be dealt with normal ejection control). For example, such a phenomenon can occur when a black image is printed after printing a great number of color images.
In order to prevent such a phenomenon, a suction process maybe performed to achieve a density at which stable ink ejection characteristics are achieved when an ink tank is installed in a printing head to discharge ink with high density, which makes it possible to output stable images.
For example, in the case of the pigment ink having the pigment density distribution shown in
According to such a method, however, when it is unknown how long an ink tank has not been used because no information is available on the manufacturing date of the ink tank, the discharging process must be performed on every ink tank on an assumption that they have not been used for a considerably long period since the manufacture of the same until the user obtains them through physical distribution and starts actually using them. Since the gradient of the density distribution tends to increase with the unused period, when a long unused period is assumed, a great amount of ink must be discharged until it can be considered that a stable density has been reached. As a result, a great amount of ink is discharged from even an ink tank which has reached the user relatively soon after the manufacture of the same. That is, the running cost of any ink tank is increased. The problem becomes more significant in a configuration in which a suction process is performed on all printing heads at a time.
Under such circumstances, the present embodiment is intended to achieve efficient utilization of each ink by discharging inks in minimum required amounts at preliminary ejection before forming an image and performing preliminary ejection during a series of subsequent image forming operations in accordance with the degree of use of each ink.
Image data to be printed by a printer are received at step S1.
At step S2, a judgment is made on the received image data as to whether there is a type (color or density) of ink that is not to be used to form the image among the inks loaded on the printing heads. The judging means may make the judgment based on printing information such as a type of printing medium or a printing mode specified in association with the image data.
When it is judged at step S2 that there is an ink that is not to be used, a comparison is made at step S3 between the degree of use of the ink that is not used to form the image up to the current point in time, e.g., ink consumption n1 and a preset ink consumption threshold N specific to the ink.
When it is judged at step S4 that the current ink consumption n1 is smaller than the ink consumption threshold, the number of ejections per unit time during preliminary ejection of the ink that is not used to form the image is set at a value greater than a normal value at step S5, and printing is started at step S9 after the printing medium is fed.
It has been revealed that the pigment ink having the pigment density distribution shown in
The switching of the number of preliminary ejections may be carried out by referring to a table of numbers of preliminary ejections that is prepared in advance in the printer main body. It may alternatively be carried out according to methods other than the use of a table.
When it is judged at step S4 that the current ink consumption n1 is greater than the ink consumption threshold, since it is considered that the ink has been consumed to enter a range of ink densities that allow stable image output, the number of ejections per unit time is set at step S7 such that normal preliminary ejections will be performed during image formation, and printing is started at step S9 after the printing medium is fed.
When it is judged at step S2 that all of the inks are to be used to form the image, it is detected at step S6 whether the number of preliminary ejections was switched when the previous image data was formed.
When it is judged at step S6 that the number of preliminary ejections was not switched when the previous image data was formed, the normal number of preliminary ejections is set as it is at step S7, and printing is started at step S9 after the printing medium is fed.
When it is judged at step S6 that the number of preliminary ejections was switched when the previous image data was formed, a setting is made at step S8 to restore the normal number of preliminary ejections, and printing is started at step S9 after the printing medium is fed.
It is judged at step S6 of the flow chart whether preliminary ejections were performed to discharge a great amount of ink when the previous image data was printed. As an alternative method, the switching from preliminary ejections to discharge a great amount of ink to normal preliminary ejections may be triggered by printing of image data and discharging of the printing medium performed after step S5 to delete steps S6 and S8.
The consumption of a black ink is compared with a threshold that is set in advance based on preservation characteristics of the black ink in FIG. 5. The consumption of an ink in a different color may be similarly compared with a threshold that is set in advance based on preservation characteristics of the ink to allow switching between a normal preliminary ejection process and a preliminary ejection process to discharge a great amount of ink.
As described above, the occurrence of image problems can be prevented when using an ink tank a long time after it has been manufactured by setting a threshold in advance based on changes in physical and chemical properties of the used ink depending on the period of preservation and the degree of use of the ink. Further, even when using an ink tank not so long after it has been manufactured, it is possible to prevent the ink from being discharged in an unnecessarily large amount. That is, by using discharge on a discrete basis depending on the degree of use of inks during image formation, an extreme increase in the running cost is avoided, which makes it possible to provide a printer with an improved running cost.
[Second Embodiment]
Some ink tanks or some ink cartridges as shown in
In the case of such an ink cartridge described above, the point in time when the cartridge is installed is used to trigger and an internal timer of a printing apparatus, for example, can calculate the time elapsed from the manufacture of the cartridge to the installation of the same.
In the second embodiment, an ink consumption threshold is set for an ink tank as shown in
The setting of the discharging amount of ink by discharging means such as a preliminary ejection process may be changed when the ink tank or cartridge is installed on the printing head. Specifically, the setting for the change may be made (the setting may precede step S1 in
Further, the discharge of an ink is not limited to preliminary ejections, and an ink may be discharged using a suction process only or using a suction process and preliminary ejection process in proper combination like the first embodiment to change the amount discharged appropriately.
When an ink consumption threshold specific to an ink is thus set such that it can be varied depending on the time that has passed since the time of manufacture, no image problem occurs even when using an ink tank a long time after it has been manufactured. Further, even when using an ink tank not so long after it has been manufactured, there will be no increase in the running cost. This makes it possible to provide a printer with an improved running cost that depends on such an elapsed time.
In the above embodiments, descriptions were made on applications of the invention to a configuration employing an ink tank integral with a printing head. However, the invention may be applied to a configuration employing an ink tank that is provided separately from a printing head. Further, the invention can obviously be used regardless of printing methods, i.e., the serial method and the full-multi method. Referring to the element for generating energy to be used for ejecting an ink, the invention is not limited to the use of an electrothermal transducer, and an electromechanical energy transducer such as a piezoelectric element may be used.
As described above, in an inkjet recording apparatus utilizing an inkjet printing head and an ink tank for supplying ink to the inkjet printing head, the invention makes it possible to suppress image problems attributable to changes in physical and chemical properties of ink that occur during the time since it is manufactured and until it is put in use and to thereby provide reliable and stable images at a low running cost.
The present invention has been described in detail with respect to preferred embodiments, and it will now be apparent from the foregoing to those skilled in the art that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the invention in its broader aspects, and it is the intention, therefore, that the appended claims cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit of the invention.
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|Filing date
|Publication date
|Sep 12, 1994
|Dec 12, 1995
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Ink jet recording apparatus with controlled recovery operation
|Mar 9, 1994
|Feb 25, 1997
|Seiko Epson Corporation
|Ink jet recording apparatus
|Jan 17, 1992
|Apr 29, 1997
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Ink jet recording apparatus and method using replaceable recording heads
|Sep 30, 1994
|Aug 19, 1997
|Hewlett-Packard Company
|On-page inkjet printhead spitting system
|Feb 28, 1996
|Sep 8, 1998
|Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
|Method and apparatus for cleaning nozzles in an ink jet printer
|Dec 12, 1996
|Jan 5, 1999
|Pitney Bowes Inc.
|Device and method for conserving ink consumption in an ink cartridge of a postage meter
|Feb 21, 1996
|Sep 7, 1999
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Ink jet printer having exchangeable recording devices, a recovery control method and an ink jet printer that manages an amount of ink remaining
|Jul 29, 1997
|Feb 22, 2000
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Recording method for gradation recording with light-and dark-colored inks and apparatus therefor
|Apr 22, 1997
|Nov 7, 2000
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Print control method and printer
|Oct 26, 1999
|May 7, 2002
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Ink-jet printing apparatus and discharge recovery method therefor
|Sep 13, 2002
|Mar 9, 2004
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Ink jet printing apparatus, recovery device in ink jet printing apparatus, and recovery method in ink jet printing apparatus
|Sep 24, 2002
|Apr 3, 2003
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Printer and method for controlling same
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Aug 28, 2014
|Jun 9, 2015
|Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
|Printing apparatus and method for correcting printing position shift
|U.S. Classification
|347/7, 347/19
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jul 24, 2003
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Federal spending for Medicaid managed care increased significantly from fiscal year 2004 through fiscal year 2014 (from $27 billion to $107 billion), and represented 38 percent of total federal Medicaid spending in fiscal year 2014. Consistent with this national trend, managed care as a proportion of total federal Medicaid spending was higher in seven of eight selected states in fiscal year 2014 compared with fiscal year 2004.
Federal Expenditures for Medicaid Managed Care as a Percentage of Federal Medicaid Expenditures, in Eight States, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2014
Total and average per beneficiary payments by states to managed care organizations (MCOs) varied considerably across the eight selected states in state fiscal year 2014. For example, total payments ranged from $1.3 billion in one state to $18.2 billion in another, and average payments per beneficiary ranged from about $2,800 to about $5,200.
While not required by federal policy to do so, five of the eight selected states required MCOs to annually meet minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) percentages—standards that ensure a certain proportion of payments are for medical care and, in effect, limit the amount that can be used for administrative cost and profit. These state minimums generally ranged from 83 to 85 percent, similar to the 85 percent minimums established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for other sources of health coverage. All MCOs in the five states had MLRs in state fiscal year 2014 that were above the state-required minimums.
GAO also found that all eight selected states focused on beneficiary factors, such as assigning a beneficiary to the same managed care plan in which a family member is enrolled, when the state selects a plan for the beneficiary in the absence of the beneficiary choosing a plan—referred to as auto assignment. States also considered plan performance, for example, on quality measures and program goals, such as achieving a certain distribution of enrollment across plans. Auto assignments of beneficiaries ranged from 23 to 61 percent of managed care enrollees across the seven selected states that tracked such data.
Why GAO Did This Study
The importance of managed care in Medicaid—under which states contract with MCOs to provide a specific set of services—has increased as states expand eligibility for Medicaid under PPACA and increasingly move populations with complex health needs into managed care. States have flexibility within broad federal parameters to design and implement their Medicaid programs, and therefore play a critical role in overseeing managed care. GAO was asked to examine managed care expenditures and provide information on certain components of state oversight of Medicaid managed care.
In this report, GAO analyzes (1) federal expenditures for Medicaid managed care and the range in selected states' payments made to MCOs; (2) selected states' MLR standards and how they compare with federal standards for other sources of health coverage; and (3) selected states' methods for automatically assigning Medicaid beneficiaries to MCO plans. GAO analyzed federal data on Medicaid expenditures for comprehensive risk-based managed care. GAO selected eight states because they used managed care for some portion of their Medicaid population and were geographically diverse. For these states, GAO reviewed state payment data and documentation, including contracts with MCOs, and interviewed state officials. GAO also reviewed federal laws to describe MLR minimums in Medicare and the private insurance market.
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One could argue that Washington State will have its most significant nonconference home game ever (not involving Gonzaga) when No. 5 Kansas State visits Pullman, Wash., on Friday night.
And if it wasn't for the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series, this matchup would never happen. At least not in this current era, when the Wildcats are ranked and relevant and probably wouldn't put themselves in a situation of going to the Palouse for a December game.
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Peter David is a prolific Star Trek author whose novels include IMZADI, TRIANGLE, Q-IN-LAW, Q-SQUARED and the NEW FRONTIER series, featuring Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the USS Excalibur, specially created for Pocket Books. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.See all Product Description
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After reading only a few of his novels, you feel as if you really know the characters on a personal basis in his corner of the ST universe, and 'Stone & Anvil' is no exception.
The overall theme of the book, which may not be apparent at first is the deeper origin of Capt. Mackenzie Calhoun. Think of this novel as Calhoun: Year One. We get to see Mac's first days in the academy, more on his home planet, how he first met 'Eppie', and how he became the new James T. Kirk of his era.
However, all this back-story feeds into the more crucial, upfront story: the murder of shipmate Gleau as was the cliffhanger in the previous novel. Is Ensign Janos involved? As the murder mystery unravels, as is so with any Peter David novel, all is not what it seems, and there are some very original plot twists that will have ST fans ecstatic at past references.
The only issue I had with this novel, and I can understand the method in which it was used, was that every other chapter bounced between 'Now' & 'Then'. Meaning, chapter one takes place in the present Next Generation timeline, while chapter 2 find a young Calhoun entering Starfleet Academy. And thus for the remaining of the book the reader must shift gears between past and present.
Why this was a hardcover, and not a soft, I don't understand. While a good book, there was no 'earth-shattering' events that are usually reserved for hard covers. And I seemed to have missed any cliffhanger. I guess the next novel will start a new storyline altogether, something that seems out of place for a Peter David ST novel.
If you've finished Being Human and Gods Above, you should definitely give this a read. It's got action, suspense, romance, humor, and just about everything else you'd want in a nice 300 page package.
Speaking of packages, this book is actually a great deal. You get the entire series (minus Gods Above and No Limits) for the price of a hardcover book. 17 stories for the price of one? Yup. Can you imagine if other Trek series were put onto CD-ROM? With the proper cooperation from the authors, you could put "Season 8" of DS9 onto a CD-ROM and package it with the first book of "Season 9."
The only downside of Stone and Anvil is that there is no hint as to where the series will go after this. However, knowing Peter David, the next book will be both inventive and shockingly silly.
The B-plot is in the past, and tells the story of Mackenzie Calhoun meeting Elizabeth Shelby and what exactly happened between them the first time they met, fell in love - and how they fell out of it, and how all of that might just very well play a significant role in the murder investigation that will take place years later.
Done well, and with a bit of a reprieve from the over-the-top humour that has been getting so out of hand lately, this 'episode' in the New Frontier has restored a bit of my faith in where David is taking these characters.
What I can say I didn't approve of is the formatting in hardcover - if I didn't have an employee discount at the bookstore where I work, I wouldn't have bought it. And, judging from the feedback of the various trek fans who've passed comments about the book so far, they're not buying it in hardcover, they'll wait for paperback. I'm not sure why Trek is going to hardcover so often lately, but it is not appreciated.
The focus here is on Calhoun, Shelby, Janos, and Kebron; at least, in the present. It is fascinating to see the new (and, in my opinion, improved) Kebron handle the investigation; he draws upon hard-boiled detectives of "old" and adamantly refused to believe that Janos was responsible for the murder of the manipulative, unlamented Gleau. His search takes him in new directions, and it is here where Calhoun ponders his past at Starfleet academy.
Calhoun recalls his savage days, his first meeting with Shelby, his roommate experience. We also see a rather laid-back Jellico (sort of) and finally have a lot of innuendo exposed. This reflection leads to a point when Calhoun finally comes to head with his savage side...and the ultimate reconciliation of savage and civilized soldier. We see a Calhoun who was so certain of himself, yet at the same time vulnerable. The progression of feelings he has for Shelby drives this point across quite well. As does his recollection of meeting Janos for the first time; one has certain expectations of meeting a white-furred creature after coming out of a fight for survival.Read more ›
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I have really enjoyed all these books, but this book may be the best yet. The story alternates between Mackenzie and Shelby during their academy days and the investigation of Lt. Read morePublished on March 2 2004 by barbre
Ok so we have new frontier a good take on the Star Trek universe. Funny characters good plot lines and fairly easy to read. Read morePublished on Feb. 13 2004 by Jon Torch Adams
STONE AND ANVIL is more than just the culmination of ongoing storylines in the NEW FRONTIER saga. It's the culmination of what makes a man and a Starfleet officer. Read morePublished on Jan. 23 2004 by Bill Williams
I have not read this book yet. It is only available in hardcover. I am a stay at home mom with children. Hard cover book are out of my price range. When will publishers learn?Published on Jan. 16 2004
What else can I say but 'WOW. Peter David has amazed me again-not just with a truly wonderful story, but also with the grace and flair of a true master of his craft. Read morePublished on Jan. 16 2004 by B. Everett
I bought this book due to the cd containing ebook versions of other NF stories. I have never read and NF and that this would be a great deal. Read morePublished on Nov. 20 2003
While I did enjoy this book quite a bit, as I always do enjoy Peter David stories, I do have one complaint. Read morePublished on Nov. 3 2003
Let me admit up front that I'm guilty of owning every New Frontier book except Double Time, so I may be a tad biased. Read morePublished on Oct. 31 2003 by Amy
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) is known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, but his writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson, originally published on the two hundredth anniversary of the writer's birth, brings together the writings that articulate Emerson's spiritual vision and promise the greatest relevance to today's reader.
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Special Issue: Hydrological and Geochemical Processes in Large-Scale River Basins
Volume 17, Issue 7, pages 1329–1344, May 2003
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Moreira-Turcq, P., Seyler, P., Guyot, J. L. and Etcheber, H. (2003), Exportation of organic carbon from the Amazon River and its main tributaries. Hydrol. Process., 17: 1329–1344. doi: 10.1002/hyp.1287
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As part of a joint Brazilian–French project, entitled 'Hydrology and Geochemistry of the Amazon Basin', we carried out a seven-year study (1994–2000) on the distribution, behaviour and flux of particulate and dissolved organic carbon in the Amazon River and its main tributaries (the Negro, Solimões, Branco, Madeira, Tapajós, Xingú and Trombetas rivers).
The concentrations of particulate and dissolved organic carbon varied from one river to another and according to the season, but dissolved organic carbon (DOC) always accounted for about 70% of the total organic carbon (TOC). The mean concentration of dissolved organic carbon was 6·1 mg l−1 in the Madeira River, 5·83 mg l−1 in the Solimões River and 12·7 mg l−1 in the Negro River. The percentage in weight of the particulate organic carbon decreased as the concentration of suspended matter increased. The Solimões River contributed the most carbon to the Amazon River: about 500 kg C s−1 during the high water period and about 300 kg C s−1 during the low water period. However, the temporal variations in organic carbon in the Amazon River (i.e. downstream of Manaus) are basically controlled by inputs from the Negro River and its variations. The Negro River does not produce a simple dilution effect. During the high water period (between March and August) the TOC flux, calculated as the sum of the Solimões, Negro and Madeira tributaries, was about 5·7 × 1013 g C yr−1, whereas during the low water period (between September and February) the TOC flux was about 2·6 × 1013 g C yr−1.
The mean annual flux of TOC at Óbidos (the final gauging station upstream of the estuary) was about 3·27 × 1013 g C yr−1 (i.e. 32·7 ± 3·3 Tg yr−1). Of this, the flux of DOC represents about 2·7 × 1013 g C yr−1 and the flux of particulate organic carbon (POC) represents about 0·5 × 1013 g C yr−1. The mean annual input of TOC by all tributaries (Negro, Solimões, Madeira, Trombetas, Tapajós and Xingú) was about 2·8 × 1013 g C yr−1. When we compared this input with the output recorded at Óbidos (3·27 × 1013 g C yr−1), we found that the amount of organic carbon increased (about 0·4 × 1013 g C yr−1). This shows that other important sources of organic carbon exist in the lower reaches of the Amazon River. These inputs can be attributed to the adjacent floodplain lake system, called 'várzea'. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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