Global Patent Index - EP 0855284 B1

EP 0855284 B1 20010314 - Thermal printer with sheet feeding means

Title (en)

Thermal printer with sheet feeding means

Title (de)

Thermodrücker mit blattzuführmitteln

Title (fr)

Imprimante thermique avec moyens d'alimentation en feuilles

Publication

EP 0855284 B1 20010314 (EN)

Application

EP 97203596 A 19971118

Priority

  • EP 97203596 A 19971118
  • EP 96203359 A 19961128

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0855284A1] A thermal printer (10) with a thermal head (16) for image-wise heating a heat-sensitive sheet according to an elongate printing zone, which comprises sheet feeding means having a sheet advancing mode for feeding a sheet with its leading end through the gap between the print drum (15) and the thermal head (16) of this printer beyond the position it should take at the start of printing, and a sheet-returning mode in which the sheet can move backwardly, and a stop (44, 52) against which the backwardly moving sheet abuts with its trailing edge for its longitudinal alignment, thereby to obtain with its leading end the correct printing start position in the gap. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B41J 13/10; B65H 9/10

IPC 8 full level

B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 9/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41J 13/10 (2013.01); B65H 9/106 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0855284 A1 19980729; EP 0855284 B1 20010314

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 97203596 A 19971118