摘要:
Providing a ribbon cassette capable of allowing a worker to inspect whether a component for applying rotational load to a ribbon spool is properly assembled, the inspection being performed on the basis of only a single ribbon cassette. A rotating member 290 attached with a clutch spring 280 is amounted on an upper inner surface 242 of the ribbon spool 200. The ribbon spool 200 has a first protruding part 211 provided at a lower inner surface 241. A lower case 103 has a second support hole 112 with which a protruding part 200D of the ribbon spool 200 is fitted. The second support hole 112 is positioned closer to the lower inner surface 241 than to the upper inner surface 242, and is in communication with a mounting 200A. At least a part of the second support hole 112 is overlapped, in a direction of an axis P, with an entire circular region which is a path of a rotation of a radially protruding end of the first protruding part 211.
摘要:
The tape cassette 30 is provided with a tape roll, a first rotation body 71, a second rotation body 72, an opening 80, a ribbon spool 42, and a first regulating part 75. The first rotation body 71 is provided on a first direction side of the tape roll and is positioned on a second direction side of a winding center of the tape roll. The opening 80 is provided on the second direction side of the first rotation body 71. The opening 80 penetrates a bottom plate 306 in the vertical direction. The ribbon spool 42 is provided on the second direction side of the opening 80. The second rotation body 72 is provided on the first direction side and on the second direction side of a winding center 421 of the ribbon spool 42. The first regulating part 75 is positioned on a fourth direction side of a second feed path 592 and on the fourth direction side of a first virtual line 731.
摘要:
A first and second ribbon-receiving parts (4,7) of an ink ribbon cassette (1) according to the invention includes walls (4a,4b,7a,7b), respectively, which face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween. An ink ribbon (2) slides on a first ribbon-sliding portion (4c) formed at a first wall of the first ribbon-receiving part and a second ribbon-sliding portion (7c) formed at a first wall of the second ribbon-receiving part, and is wound on a take-up reel (6) from the feeding reel. A ribbon guide (10), which prevents the ink ribbon exposed at the second ribbon-sliding portion (7c) from coming in contact with a printer body (not shown) when the ink ribbon cassette of the invention is mounted in the printer body, is provided outside the second ribbon-sliding portion (7c).
摘要:
The light emitted from a paper detection sensor is reflected on a ribbon guide in the absence of a printing paper. The reflection light is received by the paper detection sensor to eliminate erroneous recognition of paper detection. [Means for Resolution] There are provided a print head (1), a ribbon guide (3) attached to the print head, and a reflection-type paper detection sensor (4) arranged on a side of the platen in a manner opposed to a printing paper (P) passing between the platen and the ribbon guide (3) to emit light for detecting the printing paper. The ribbon guide (3) is formed with a slant surface (3b,3d), inclined relative to a surface of a printing paper (P) to reflect the light emitted from the paper detection sensor (4) toward a position outside the paper detection sensor.
摘要:
There is provided a printing apparatus which includes a base, a movable member which is movably held by the base, to be movable along a first direction which is parallel to the base, a spring which applies a bias to the movable member, at one side in the first direction, a bearing which is supported by the movable member, a roller which is rotatably supported by the bearing, and is extended in a second direction orthogonal to the base, and which guides the ink ribbon, a first detection target member which is provided to the roller, to be rotatable integrally with the roller, and a first sensor which is provided to the movable member, and is facing the first detection target member, and which detects rotation of the first detection target member.
摘要:
Apparatus for thermal transfer printing of an image from a thermal retransfer sheet onto an article, includes heating means adapted to supply a flow of heated gas for causing dye transfer, and oscillating vane means for directing the heated gas in a direction transverse to the direction of flow, for distributing the heated gas over article(s) during dye transfer. Also disclosed is a method of printing an image, and the resulting printed article.
摘要:
In a dye transfer printer, a donor web having successive dye transfer areas and opposite longitudinal edge areas alongside each one of the dye transfer areas is subjected to a longitudinal tension when the donor web is advanced in the printer. The longitudinal tension can stretch the dye transfer areas more than the edge areas because the dye transfer areas, but not the edge areas, are heated at a print head. According to the invention, the resistance of the edge areas relative to the dye transfer areas, to being stretched, is weakened so that the edge areas can be stretched substantially the same as the dye transfer areas. If the edge areas alongside a dye transfer area being used are stretched substantially the same as the dye transfer area, the likelihood of any creases being created in the next unused transfer area is substantially reduced. Thus, no line artifacts will be printed on a dye receiver during dye transfer in the printer.
摘要:
Apparatus for thermal transfer printing of an image from a thermal retransfer sheet onto an article, includes heating means adapted to supply a flow of heated gas for causing dye transfer, and oscillating vane means for directing the heated gas in a direction transverse to the direction of flow, for distributing the heated gas over article(s) during dye transfer. Also disclosed is a method of printing an image, and the resulting printed article.