Global Patent Index - EP 0191495 A2

EP 0191495 A2 19860820 - Desk-top thermal printer.

Title (en)

Desk-top thermal printer.

Title (de)

Auf einem Tisch aufstellbarer Wärmedrucker.

Title (fr)

Imprimante thermique sur table.

Publication

EP 0191495 A2 19860820 (EN)

Application

EP 86101851 A 19860213

Priority

JP 2445585 A 19850213

Abstract (en)

A desk-top thermal printer comprises a main unit having a passage for passing a continuous label strip consisting of thermosensitive labels detachably attached to a backing sheet and a flat bottom surface for supporting the main unit on a freely selectable flat surface, a retaining means for retaining a roll of the label strip, a thermal label detecting means, a thermal label strip transfer means having a stepping motor and a sheet drive roller, a thermal printing means having a thermal printing head and a platen for thermally printing characters, marks or the like on the thermosensitive labels transferred by the transfer means to pass between the thermal printing head and the platen, a label peeling means, a data input means, a data display means and a control means for controlling the operation of the aforesaid means, the sheet drive roller and the platen being driven by the stepping motor. The printer can be operated in a first mode in which the labels are printed and peeled off the backing sheet or in a second mode in which the labels are printed and fed out from the printer together with the backing sheet.

IPC 1-7

B41J 3/20; B65C 11/02

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/32 (2006.01); B41J 3/01 (2006.01); B41J 3/44 (2006.01); B65C 1/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/46 (2006.01); B65C 11/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

B41J 2/315 (2013.01 - KR); B65C 11/0289 (2013.01 - EP); B65C 2210/0018 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0191495 A2 19860820; EP 0191495 A3 19890111; EP 0191495 B1 19920506; CA 1292637 C 19911203; DE 191495 T1 19861127; DE 3685128 D1 19920611; JP S61185469 A 19860819; KR 860006341 A 19860909; KR 920007697 B1 19920915

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 86101851 A 19860213; CA 501584 A 19860211; DE 3685128 T 19860213; DE 86101851 T 19860213; JP 2445585 A 19850213; KR 850009588 A 19851219