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(11) EP 0 363 962 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.11.1990 Bulletin 1990/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.04.1990 Bulletin 1990/16

(21) Application number: 89118986.2

(22) Date of filing: 12.10.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 17/36, B41J 17/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 12.10.1988 JP 254841/88

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Terajima, Hisao
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Wada, Satoshi
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Yoshida, Takehiro
    Shibuya-ku Tokyo (JP)
  • Ono, Takeshi
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Kobayashi, Makoto
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Yokoyama, Minoru
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Awai, Takashi
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Tomoda, Akihiro
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Ishida, Yasushi
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Weser, Wolfgang 
Dres. Weser & Martin, Patentanwälte, Radeckestrasse 43
81245 München
81245 München (DE)


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    (54) Heat transfer recording apparatus and method


    (57) A heat transfer recording apparatus for transferring the ink of an ink sheet (14) to a recording medium to thereby record images on the recording medium (11) has conveying means for conveying the ink sheet (14), recording means (13) for acting on the ink sheet (14) and effecting recording of images on the recording medium (11), counting means for counting the number of times of the image recording by the recording means, detecting means for detecting whether the number of times of the image recording has reached a predetermined number of times, and control means for rendering the ink sheet stopped during the image recording on the recording medium by the recording means, and controlling so that the ink sheet is conveyed by the conveying means by a distance corresponding to the length of the image recording when it is detected by the detecting means that the number of times of the image recording has reached the predetermined number of times.







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