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(11) EP 0 165 601 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.02.1986 Bulletin 1986/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.12.1985 Bulletin 1985/52

(21) Application number: 85107589

(22) Date of filing: 19.06.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 19.06.1984 US 622037
19.06.1984 US 622034
19.06.1984 US 622035
19.06.1984 US 622036

(71) Applicant: PITNEY BOWES, INC.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Dolan, Donald T.
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  • Ross, William A.
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  • Terry, Kenneth August
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(54) Thermal printer and postal meter having thermal printer


(57) A postage meter which includes a thermal print head (30) for printing indicia, postal value, and the like is disclosed. Thermal elements in the thermal print head are electronically pulsed in appropriate serially timed patterns to provide a complete thermally transferred image on a tape moving past the thermal head (3)).
The tape moves from a spool (34) through guides (38,40) to the thermal head (30).
A thermal transfer ribbon is passed from a supply spool (62) between the head (30) and the tape to a take-up spool (66).






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