EP0154990A3 - Thermal transfer printer - Google Patents

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EP0154990A3
EP0154990A3 EP85102878A EP85102878A EP0154990A3 EP 0154990 A3 EP0154990 A3 EP 0154990A3 EP 85102878 A EP85102878 A EP 85102878A EP 85102878 A EP85102878 A EP 85102878A EP 0154990 A3 EP0154990 A3 EP 0154990A3
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thermal transfer
transfer printer
printer
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EP0154990B1 (en
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Ikuo Kumagai
Tomoji Kitagishi
Akiyoshi Hakoyama
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Hitachi Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/40—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with arrangements for reversing the feed direction
    • B41J33/42—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with arrangements for reversing the feed direction manually
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J32/00—Ink-ribbon cartridges
EP19850102878 1984-03-13 1985-03-13 Thermal transfer printer Expired EP0154990B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP46505/84 1984-03-13
JP4650584A JPS60190380A (en) 1984-03-13 1984-03-13 Heat transfer printer

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EP0154990A2 EP0154990A2 (en) 1985-09-18
EP0154990A3 true EP0154990A3 (en) 1986-01-29
EP0154990B1 EP0154990B1 (en) 1988-08-03

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EP19850102878 Expired EP0154990B1 (en) 1984-03-13 1985-03-13 Thermal transfer printer

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EP (1) EP0154990B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS60190380A (en)
DE (1) DE3564093D1 (en)

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3686826T2 (en) * 1985-03-15 1993-04-22 Hitachi Ltd TAPE CASSETTE FOR PRINTER.
JPH0745258B1 (en) * 1987-04-06 1995-05-17 Sigmax
DE8713034U1 (en) * 1987-09-28 1987-11-19 Computer Gesellschaft Konstanz Mbh, 7750 Konstanz Ribbon cassette
GB2272669B (en) * 1992-11-20 1996-09-25 Neopost Ltd Printing apparatus
GB9621475D0 (en) * 1996-10-15 1996-12-04 Itw Ltd A method of operating a thermal printer

Citations (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2415265A1 (en) * 1974-03-29 1975-10-16 Buettner Ag Franz Ink ribbon cassette for typewriter - has no ribbon direction reversing mechanism but can be inverted and replaced on typewriter

Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2415265A1 (en) * 1974-03-29 1975-10-16 Buettner Ag Franz Ink ribbon cassette for typewriter - has no ribbon direction reversing mechanism but can be inverted and replaced on typewriter

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EP0154990A2 (en) 1985-09-18
DE3564093D1 (en) 1988-09-08
JPS60190380A (en) 1985-09-27
EP0154990B1 (en) 1988-08-03

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