发明授权
- 专利标题: Thermal transfer printer
- 专利标题(中): 热转印机
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申请号: US631764申请日: 1996-04-10
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公开(公告)号: US5631688A公开(公告)日: 1997-05-20
- 发明人: Ikuo Hibino , Hirotoshi Terao , Shinichi Sagawai , Hiroshi Kobayashi
- 申请人: Ikuo Hibino , Hirotoshi Terao , Shinichi Sagawai , Hiroshi Kobayashi
- 申请人地址: JPX Tokyo
- 专利权人: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
- 当前专利权人: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
- 当前专利权人地址: JPX Tokyo
- 优先权: JPX7-083795 19950410; JPX7-294303 19951113
- 主分类号: B41J2/325
- IPC分类号: B41J2/325 ; B41J35/28
摘要:
Disclosed is a thermal transfer printer which makes it possible to perform both recording using an ink ribbon coated with a hot melt ink and recording using an ink ribbon coated with a hot sublimation ink. In the thermal transfer printer, a thermal head mounted on a carriage is driven to thereby effect printing on printing paper while moving the carriage with the thermal head being held in press contact with a platen through the intermediation of an ink ribbon and printing paper, wherein the thermal transfer printer further comprises a control section which makes it possible to selectively switch, in accordance with a mode signal, between a first recording mode in which printing by hot melt transfer is effected on the printing paper by using a hot melt type ink ribbon as the ink ribbon and a second recording mode in which printing by hot sublimation transfer is effected on the printing paper by using a hot sublimation type ink ribbon as the ink ribbon.