Global Patent Index - EP 0134022 A2

EP 0134022 A2 19850313 - Thermal printer.

Title (en)

Thermal printer.

Title (de)

Wärmedrucker.

Title (fr)

Imprimante thermique.

Publication

EP 0134022 A2 19850313 (EN)

Application

EP 84109471 A 19840809

Priority

JP 14694783 A 19830810

Abstract (en)

A thermal printer having a reciprocating carriage (8), a thermal print head (14) provided on the carriage, a controller (1) for controlling the movement of the carriage and the printing operation of the print head, a ribbon cassette (10) mounted on the carriage, an inked ribbon (21) coiled within the ribbon cassette, a carriage drive motor (3) and drive belt (5) for reciprocating the carriage, and an inked ribbon take-up mechanism for taking up the inked ribbon in one direction by the reciprocative movement of the carriage, wherein the thermal print head is provided with a plurality of thermal element arrays (24, 25) having different pitches of thermal elements or different sizes of thermal elements.

IPC 1-7

B41J 3/20

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/345 (2006.01); B41J 2/36 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

B41J 2/345 (2013.01 - KR); B41J 2/36 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0134022 A2 19850313; EP 0134022 A3 19850717; EP 0134022 B1 19871125; DE 3467734 D1 19880107; JP S6036177 A 19850225; KR 850002082 A 19850506; KR 910004966 B1 19910720

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 84109471 A 19840809; DE 3467734 T 19840809; JP 14694783 A 19830810; KR 840004704 A 19840807