BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a sectional front view showing a preferred embodiment of the stencil printer in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system included in the illustrative embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart demonstrating a specific procedure for establishing either one of a usual print mode and a silence print mode unique to the illustrative embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing specific processing for executing usual print mode operation included in the flowchart of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing specific processing for executing silence print mode operation, particularly pressing force control, also included in the flowchart of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing specific processing for executing the silence print mode operation of FIG. 3, particularly pressing force control and print speed control;
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing specific processing for executing the silence print mode operation of FIG. 3, particularly pressing force control, print speed control and air volume control;
FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram showing contents to be corrected in the silence print mode;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart demonstrating a specific correction procedure to be executed in the silence print mode;
FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram showing an alternative configuration of the control system; and
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a specific alarm procedure available with the control system of FIG. 10.
Patent Application
20070144367
