EP 1104700 A1 20010606 - Thermal printhead
Title (en)
Thermal printhead
Title (de)
Thermodruckkopf
Title (fr)
Tête d' imprimante thermique
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 99204069 A 19991201
Abstract (en)
A thermal head comprising a heatsink (31), heating elements (39) made of a heating material (36), electrodes (48, 49), and optionally additional layers, wherein the heating elements are optically transparent by having, within wavelengths ranging from 350 to 1200 nm, a transparency higher than 70 %. The heating material is selected from a group consisting of In2O3 optionally doped; Sno/O2 optionally doped; ZnO optionally doped; Cd2SnO4, or CdSnO3; Bi2O3 ; MoO3 ; TiO2; WO2 ; RhO2; ReO2; NaxWO3; Zn2SnO4, and V2O5. Alternatively, the heating material is a conductive polymer. Also disclosed is the use of a such a thermal head in e.g. thermography and in photothermography. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/335 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B41J 2/33515 (2013.01); B41J 2/3355 (2013.01); B41J 2/3357 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
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Citation (search report)
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Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1104700 A1 20010606; EP 1104700 B1 20051012; DE 69927693 D1 20051117; DE 69927693 T2 20060713; JP 2001162848 A 20010619
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99204069 A 19991201; DE 69927693 T 19991201; JP 2000360936 A 20001128