Claims
- 1. A print head mounted on a print apparatus, said print head comprising:a substrate; a plurality of print elements, provided on said substrate, for forming an image on a print medium; an interface, provided on said substrate, for receiving print data and print control data; a processor, provided on said substrate, for processing the print data received by said interface; and a driver, provided on said substrate, adapted to drive the plurality of print elements based on the print data processed by said processor and the print control data received by said interface.
- 2. A print head comprising:a substrate having a plurality of print elements for forming an image on a print medium and a driver circuit for driving the plurality of print elements, a CPU and a bus; and means for directly transmitting data in the substrate, which data drives the plurality of print elements, from a ROM or RAM mounted on the substrate to the driver circuit, via the bus without control of the CPU.
- 3. A print head according to claim 2, wherein the ROM is a mask ROM.
- 4. A print head according to claim 2, wherein the ROM is a mask EEPROM.
- 5. A print head according to claim 2, wherein the ROM is a one-time ROM.
- 6. A print head according to claim 2, wherein the RAM comprises an n×x (x is an integer) memory arrangement, wherein n is the number of the plurality of print elements.
- 7. A print head according to claim 2, wherein the number of the plurality of print elements is the same as a number of signal lines of the bus.
- 8. A print head according to claim 2, wherein the print head is an ink-jet head for ejecting ink onto a print medium to print an image on the print medium.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/996,058, filed Dec. 22, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,243,109, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/265,808, filed Jun. 27, 1994, abandoned.
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