EP0530748A3 - Printer head modulation technique for thermal printers - Google Patents

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EP0530748A3
EP0530748A3 EP19920114927 EP92114927A EP0530748A3 EP 0530748 A3 EP0530748 A3 EP 0530748A3 EP 19920114927 EP19920114927 EP 19920114927 EP 92114927 A EP92114927 A EP 92114927A EP 0530748 A3 EP0530748 A3 EP 0530748A3
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printer head
modulation technique
thermal printers
head modulation
printers
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Marcello David Fiscella
Young No
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Eastman Kodak Co
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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
    • B41J2/36—Print density control
    • B41J2/365—Print density control by compensation for variation in temperature
    • 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
EP19920114927 1991-09-03 1992-09-01 Printer head modulation technique for thermal printers Withdrawn EP0530748A3 (en)

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US75409791A 1991-09-03 1991-09-03
US754097 1991-09-03

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EP0530748A3 true EP0530748A3 (en) 1993-03-24

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US8377844B2 (en) 2001-05-30 2013-02-19 Zink Imaging, Inc. Thermally-insulating layers and direct thermal imaging members containing same

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US4568817A (en) * 1983-06-29 1986-02-04 Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. Thermal printing method and apparatus
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US4568817A (en) * 1983-06-29 1986-02-04 Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. Thermal printing method and apparatus
DE3833746A1 (en) * 1988-09-30 1990-04-05 Siemens Ag Thermal printing with pre-heating resistor elements - energised by actual data and by clock pulse of variable width and height
EP0421353A2 (en) * 1989-10-03 1991-04-10 Seiko Epson Corporation Drive control device for thermal printers

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US8377844B2 (en) 2001-05-30 2013-02-19 Zink Imaging, Inc. Thermally-insulating layers and direct thermal imaging members containing same

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