EP 0134022 A3 19850717 - THERMAL PRINTER
Title (en)
THERMAL PRINTER
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 14694783 A 19830810
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0134022A2] 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
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)
Citation (search report)
- EP 0072494 A2 19830223 - MITANI ELECTRONICS IND [JP]
- US 4134696 A 19790116 - HANAKATA TAKAYOSHI, et al
- DE 3315257 A1 19831103 - CANON KK [JP]
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