THERMAL PRINTER
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    发明公开
    THERMAL PRINTER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4364959A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-08

    申请号:EP23207082.1

    申请日:2023-10-31

    发明人: HIRAMA, Toshihiro

    IPC分类号: B41J29/13 B41J11/04 B41J2/32

    摘要: A thermal printer (1) includes: a housing (2) including a roll sheet receiving portion (21); a cover (3) which is pivotably attached to the housing (2), and is configured to open and close the roll sheet receiving portion (21); a platen roller (40) which is rotatably supported on the cover (3) via a bearing portion (43A); and a thermal head (31) which is to be brought into press contact with an outer peripheral surface of the platen roller (40). The cover (3) includes a cover main body (50) and a base member (60) which is fixed to the cover main body (50). Directions orthogonal to an axial direction (D3) of the platen roller (40) and also orthogonal to each other are defined as a first direction (D1) and a second direction (D2), respectively. The cover main body (50) includes a first holding portion (51) which supports the bearing portion (43A) from one side in the first direction (D1). The base member (60) includes a second holding portion (62) which supports the bearing portion (43A) from the other side in the first direction (D1). The first holding portion (51) is located on one side in a second direction (D2) with respect to the bearing portion (43A), and includes a first claw portion (51a) protruding to the other side in the first direction (D1) along an outer peripheral surface of the bearing portion (43A). The second holding portion (62) is located on the one side in the second direction (D2) with respect to the bearing portion (43A), and includes a second claw portion (62a) protruding to the one side in the first direction (D1) along the outer peripheral surface of the bearing portion (43A). The first claw portion (51a) and the second claw portion (62a) face each other in the first direction (D1).

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:EP3550368A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-09

    申请号:EP19162241.4

    申请日:2019-03-12

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 B41J11/04

    摘要: An image forming apparatus (1) includes a cutter (14), an image forming section (20), and a controller (60). The cutter (14) performs cutting of a print medium (9) on the basis of a cutting instruction (INS). The image forming section (20) performs, on the basis of print data (DP), image formation on the print medium (9) with use of a consumable material (33, 31, 40, 25, 27, 9). The controller (60) calculates, on the basis of the print data (DP), an estimated use amount (TU) on the basis of a section page group (SEG) as a unit, and determines, on the basis of the estimated use amount (TU) and a usable amount (TR), whether the image forming section (20) is able to use the consumable material (33, 31, 40, 25, 27, 9). The section page group (SEG) is a page group, of the print medium (9), sectioned in accordance with the cutting instruction (INS). The estimated use amount (TU) is an amount of the consumable material (33, 31, 40, 25, 27, 9) to be used. The usable amount (TR) is a remaining amount of the consumable material (33, 31, 40, 25, 27, 9) that is usable.