常見於大型數位噴墨列印機中，以使用多個噴墨頭增加列印面積來提升列印速度，造成印刷資料量以及驅動噴頭的硬體資源需求也隨之提高。因此，本論文藉由調整資料封包以及硬體電路設計提出一個可擴充性的列印控制系統。
在本篇論文中，資料封包的設計是依據噴頭的排列方式，進而決定資料封包的內容，以簡化封包的大小來提升傳輸速度。在硬體架構的設計分成三大部分，分別為資料分配和程序監控、噴頭驅動控制以及機構動作控制，以 FPGA 執行列印資料的配置以及噴頭驅動控制信號，搭配 MCU 用於監控列印機的操作流程及行為，以及伺服馬達做為噴頭移動的控制器，並且採用非對稱式 S 波形做為動作控制的軌跡，來減少餘震的產生。
最後實驗結果顯示，本論文提出的系統架構可依據噴頭安裝數量進行擴充控制且使得大型數位噴墨列印機在列印的過程中穩定的移動。

Commonly, a large-scale inkjet printer with many inkjet print-heads speeds up printing due to the printing area is enlarged. Therefore, the hardware resources of the print-head driver and the printing data should be increased demand. Hence, this thesis proposed a scalable printing control system is based on image data packet design and a new hardware design. To simplify the image data packet with high data transmission rate, the packet is generated by considering the arrangement of print-heads. Moreover, the new hardware design consists of three portions which are the data distribution and process monitor, the print-head driver control, and the mechanical motion control. Thus, FPGAs are used to allocate the image data and produces the print-head driver control signals. Furthermore, MCUs are used to monitor the procedures and mechanical motions. Besides, the movement of print-heads is controlled by a servo motor with an asymmetric s-curve motion trajectory. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed control system is flexible to control multiple print-heads and the operation of the large-scale inkjet printer is stable.

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