EP0405825A3 - Thermal printing apparatus - Google Patents

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EP0405825A3
EP0405825A3 EP19900306733 EP90306733A EP0405825A3 EP 0405825 A3 EP0405825 A3 EP 0405825A3 EP 19900306733 EP19900306733 EP 19900306733 EP 90306733 A EP90306733 A EP 90306733A EP 0405825 A3 EP0405825 A3 EP 0405825A3
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printing apparatus
thermal printing
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printing
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EP0405825A2 (en
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Masahide C/O Patents Division Maruyama
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Sony Corp
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Publication of EP0405825A2 publication Critical patent/EP0405825A2/en
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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
    • 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
EP19900306733 1989-06-29 1990-06-20 Thermal printing apparatus Withdrawn EP0405825A3 (en)

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JP167282/89 1989-06-29
JP1167282A JPH0332861A (ja) 1989-06-29 1989-06-29 感熱型プリンタ

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EP0405825A2 EP0405825A2 (en) 1991-01-02
EP0405825A3 true EP0405825A3 (en) 1991-05-15

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EP19900306733 Withdrawn EP0405825A3 (en) 1989-06-29 1990-06-20 Thermal printing apparatus

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JP (1) JPH0332861A (ja)
KR (1) KR910000365A (ja)

Families Citing this family (4)

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US5548688A (en) * 1993-12-23 1996-08-20 Intermec Corporation Method of data handling and activating thermal print elements in a thermal printhead
US7388686B2 (en) 2003-02-25 2008-06-17 Zink Imaging, Llc Image stitching for a multi-head printer
US7830405B2 (en) 2005-06-23 2010-11-09 Zink Imaging, Inc. Print head pulsing techniques for multicolor printers
US8377844B2 (en) 2001-05-30 2013-02-19 Zink Imaging, Inc. Thermally-insulating layers and direct thermal imaging members containing same

Citations (3)

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US4630068A (en) * 1985-09-30 1986-12-16 Raytheon Company High speed thermal printing circuit
US4704617A (en) * 1984-12-24 1987-11-03 Nippon Kogaku K. K. Thermal system image recorder
WO1988010042A1 (en) * 1987-06-03 1988-12-15 Eastman Kodak Company Energizing heating elements of a thermal printer

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JPH01259968A (ja) * 1988-04-12 1989-10-17 Mitsubishi Electric Corp 熱記録装置

Patent Citations (3)

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US4704617A (en) * 1984-12-24 1987-11-03 Nippon Kogaku K. K. Thermal system image recorder
US4630068A (en) * 1985-09-30 1986-12-16 Raytheon Company High speed thermal printing circuit
WO1988010042A1 (en) * 1987-06-03 1988-12-15 Eastman Kodak Company Energizing heating elements of a thermal printer

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 14, no. 13 (M-918)(3956) 11 January 1990, & JP-A-01 259968 (KENICHIRO OKA ET AL) 17 October 1989, *

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KR910000365A (ko) 1991-01-29
EP0405825A2 (en) 1991-01-02
JPH0332861A (ja) 1991-02-13

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