Abstract: Provided is a separation and recovery apparatus for continuously separating and recovering, from a resin mixture containing a resin containing a hydrolyzable polymer and a resin containing a nonhydrolyzable polymer, a hydrolytic component a of the hydrolyzable polymer A and the nonhydrolyzable polymer B, the apparatus including: a crushing unit that crushes the resin mixture a melting/discharging unit that melts a crushed product obtained by the crushing unit to form a fluid and discharges the fluid at a high pressure; and a hydrothermal reaction treatment unit that continuously subjects the fluid discharged from the melting/discharging unit to a hydrothermal reaction treatment, wherein, in the melting/discharging unit, the hydrolyzable polymer A is hydrolyzed, and the hydrolytic component a thereof is dissolved and transferred into water permeating a sintered alloy diaphragm, thereby separating the nonhydrolyzable polymer B.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power control circuit utilizable in an electronic device. The power control circuit includes a power on/off switch having first and second switches; a capacitive element connected to a power section via the first switch; a first switching element connected to the power section via the second switch; a microcomputer for controlling power on/off of the first switching element; and a second switching element provided between the power section and each of the microcomputer and a predetermined circuit block. The microcomputer is programmed to control the power control circuit such that, when supplying power to the microcomputer, the microcomputer holds a power-on state of the first switching element before the first switching element is turned off because of the discharge of the electric charge, and then, when the microcomputer detects that the predetermined circuit block has not operated for a given period of time, the microcomputer turns off the first switching element.

Abstract: A thermal head has a head chip having an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface. Heating elements are disposed on the upper surface of the head chip, and electrodes are disposed on the upper surface of the head chip and connected to the heating elements. A wiring substrate is disposed on the lower surface of the head chip. A semiconductor integrated circuit is mounted on the wiring substrate and is in contact with the side surface of the head chip and connected to the electrodes.

Abstract: A thermal head and a thermal head unit are provided, which can prevent density variation while suppressing the size of the thermal head to be small. In a thermal head (10) having a head chip (20) having one surface on which heat generating elements and segment and common electrodes connected to the heat generating elements are provided, and an IC chip (32) connected to the segment electrodes, the common electrode (27) provided to the head chip (20) is elongated in an array direction of the heat generating elements, and connections between the common electrode (27) and common electrode wirings (41) are provided at plural locations along the array direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printer. A printer of the present invention has: a printer body; a printer head movably mounted on said printer body for reciprocating with respect to said printer body; a sensor for detecting a movement of said printer head; head turnback position detecting means for detecting a turnback position of said printer head based on pulse signals output from said sensor; pulse resolution changing means for changing a resolution of the pulse signals from said sensor based on a detected result obtained by said head turnback position detecting means and generating a reference pulse signal for a printing position. The printer carries out a printing operation via said printer head as the printer determines the position of said printer head based on the reference pulse signal for the printing position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printer having image processing means. The image processing means includes a microcomputer and an image processing block. The image processing block carries out color conversion processing to convert image data for color display, which is comprised of a plurality of colors, into image data for color printing, which is comprised of a plurality of colors corresponding to the plurality of colors of the image data for color display, respectively. The image processing block has an operation block for carrying out at least a part of the color conversion processing according to color conversion formulas for converting the image data for color display into the image data for color printing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power control circuit utilizable in an electronic device. The power control circuit includes a power on/off switch having first and second switches; a capacitive element connected to a power section via the first switch; a first switching element connected to the power section via the second switch; a microcomputer for controlling power on/off of the first switching element; and a second switching element provided between the power section and each of the microcomputer and a predetermined circuit block. The microcomputer is programmed to control the power control circuit such that, when supplying power to the microcomputer, the microcomputer holds a power-on state of the first switching element before the first switching element is turned off because of the discharge of the electric charge, and then, when the microcomputer detects that the predetermined circuit block has not operated for a given period of time, the microcomputer turns off the first switching element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printer that reproduces an image corresponding to the image data input from a source for supplying image data. The printer comprises an oscillator, a memory, a microcomputer, a gate IC, an LED driver, an LED head, a motor driver and a motor, a linear scale and a linear sensor, a heater driver and a heater, a sensor, and an EEPROM. When printing out the printer stores information on the state of the printer according to the status of printing in the EEPROM. If the power is turned on after the power has been turned off, the printer reads out the information stored in the EEPROM, and analyzes the information. If the printing paper is left in the printer, the printer delivers this printing paper.

Abstract: A facsimile equipment in which a document data received from another facsimile equipment is once stored in an image memory and the document data can be transmitted to another facsimile equipment directly from the image memory without printing out the received document data and then reading the printed document. Further, the facsimile equipment also has a function of transmitting the document data in a circulation manner by transmitting circulation table together with the document data. By defining the handling of the circulation table in each of the destination facsimile equipments, the document data can be automatically circulated among the facsimile equipments.