EP0331138A3 - Printer - Google Patents

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EP0331138A3
EP0331138A3 EP89103562A EP89103562A EP0331138A3 EP 0331138 A3 EP0331138 A3 EP 0331138A3 EP 89103562 A EP89103562 A EP 89103562A EP 89103562 A EP89103562 A EP 89103562A EP 0331138 A3 EP0331138 A3 EP 0331138A3
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Prior art keywords
printer
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Application number
EP89103562A
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German (de)
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EP0331138A2 (en
EP0331138B1 (en
Inventor
Wolf-Heider Rein
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Alcatel Lucent Deutschland AG
Alcatel Lucent NV
Original Assignee
Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG
Alcatel NV
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Publication of EP0331138A2 publication Critical patent/EP0331138A2/en
Publication of EP0331138A3 publication Critical patent/EP0331138A3/en
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Publication of EP0331138B1 publication Critical patent/EP0331138B1/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/35—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads providing current or voltage to the thermal head
    • B41J2/355—Control circuits for heating-element selection
    • B41J2/3551—Block driving
    • 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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/35—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads providing current or voltage to the thermal head
    • B41J2/355—Control circuits for heating-element selection
    • B41J2/36—Print density control
EP89103562A 1988-03-03 1989-03-01 Printer Expired - Lifetime EP0331138B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE3806935 1988-03-03
DE3806935A DE3806935A1 (en) 1988-03-03 1988-03-03 PRINTER

Publications (3)

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EP0331138A2 EP0331138A2 (en) 1989-09-06
EP0331138A3 true EP0331138A3 (en) 1990-08-29
EP0331138B1 EP0331138B1 (en) 1993-06-09

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EP89103562A Expired - Lifetime EP0331138B1 (en) 1988-03-03 1989-03-01 Printer

Country Status (5)

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US (1) US4952085A (en)
EP (1) EP0331138B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH026159A (en)
AU (1) AU615987B2 (en)
DE (2) DE3806935A1 (en)

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US6176569B1 (en) 1999-08-05 2001-01-23 Lexmark International, Inc. Transitional ink jet heater addressing
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US20070172130A1 (en) * 2006-01-25 2007-07-26 Konstantin Zuev Structural description of a document, a method of describing the structure of graphical objects and methods of object recognition.
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DE3309326A1 (en) * 1982-03-16 1983-09-29 Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa SOUND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A PRINTER TRANSFERING COLOR BY HEAT
DE3309328A1 (en) * 1982-03-16 1983-09-29 Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa HEATING CONTROL DEVICE FOR A PRINTER TRANSFERING COLOR BY HEAT
DE3628191A1 (en) * 1986-08-20 1988-02-25 Siemens Ag Method and device for recording information on an information carrier by means of a thermal print head

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2520532A1 (en) * 1982-01-25 1983-07-29 Sony Corp THERMAL HEAD CONTROL DEVICE FOR THERMAL PRINTER
DE3309326A1 (en) * 1982-03-16 1983-09-29 Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa SOUND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A PRINTER TRANSFERING COLOR BY HEAT
DE3309328A1 (en) * 1982-03-16 1983-09-29 Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa HEATING CONTROL DEVICE FOR A PRINTER TRANSFERING COLOR BY HEAT
DE3628191A1 (en) * 1986-08-20 1988-02-25 Siemens Ag Method and device for recording information on an information carrier by means of a thermal print head

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 009, no. 223(M-411)(1946), 10 September 1985 ; & JP-A- 60 079 974 (FUJI XEROX K.K.) 07 May 1985 *

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DE58904587D1 (en) 1993-07-15
US4952085A (en) 1990-08-28
DE3806935A1 (en) 1989-09-14
AU3011089A (en) 1989-09-07
JPH026159A (en) 1990-01-10
EP0331138A2 (en) 1989-09-06
EP0331138B1 (en) 1993-06-09
AU615987B2 (en) 1991-10-17

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