Title:
THERMAL PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/244333
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A thermal printer 100 uses an ink ribbon 7, which has a function for cleaning a thermal head 5 as a result of said ink ribbon 7 being heated. The thermal printer 100 uses a used region of the ink ribbon 7 and executes a cleaning process that cleans the thermal head 5. In the cleaning process, the thermal head 5 applies heat to the used region of said ink ribbon in a quantity for executing said cleaning and in a quantity that does not sublimate a dye coated on the ink ribbon 7.
Inventors:
ABE NAOYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/023787
Publication Date:
December 26, 2019
Filing Date:
June 22, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B41J2/32; B41J2/325; B41J31/05
Foreign References:
| JPS623466B2 | 1987-01-24 | |||
| JP2011068004A | 2011-04-07 | |||
| JPH09295420A | 1997-11-18 | |||
| JP2013123885A | 2013-06-24 | |||
| US20040017458A1 | 2004-01-29 | |||
| JP2016193570A | 2016-11-17 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YOSHITAKE Hidetoshi et al. (JP)
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