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(11) EP 0 408 073 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/39

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/03

(21) Application number: 90113481.7

(22) Date of filing: 13.07.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 2/315, B41J 17/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 14.07.1989 JP 180526/89
25.06.1990 JP 164255/90

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Takeda, Tomoyuki, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Yoshida, Takehiro, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Ono, Takeshi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Kobayashi, Makoto, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Wada, Satoshi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Ishida, Yasushi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Yokoyama, Minoru, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Tomoda, Akihiro, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Yamada, Masakatsu, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Awai, Takashi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Tokyo (JP)

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


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    (54) Thermal transfer recording apparatus and facsimile apparatus


    (57) A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording on a recording medium by transferring the ink of an ink sheet onto said recording medium, comprises ink sheet transport means for transporting said ink sheet, recording medium transport means for transporting said recording medium, recording means for effecting said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium, timer means for measuring time after image recording by said recording means, heat generation means for driving said recording means to effect heat generation with same data as in the preceding image recording prior to a next recording operation when a predetermined time is measured by said timer means, and control means adapted, when a time exceeding said predetermined time is measured by said timer means, to control the energy for driving said recording means prior to the next recording operation according to the time measured by said timer means.







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