EP0541064A3 - Thermal print head unit - Google Patents

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EP0541064A3
EP0541064A3 EP19920118896 EP92118896A EP0541064A3 EP 0541064 A3 EP0541064 A3 EP 0541064A3 EP 19920118896 EP19920118896 EP 19920118896 EP 92118896 A EP92118896 A EP 92118896A EP 0541064 A3 EP0541064 A3 EP 0541064A3
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print head
head unit
thermal print
thermal
unit
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Steven J. Sasson
Donald J. Hodge
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Eastman Kodak Co
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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
    • 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
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/34—Bodily-changeable print heads or carriages
EP19920118896 1991-11-04 1992-11-04 Thermal print head unit Withdrawn EP0541064A3 (en)

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US78781091A 1991-11-04 1991-11-04
US787810 1991-11-04

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EP0541064A2 EP0541064A2 (en) 1993-05-12
EP0541064A3 true EP0541064A3 (en) 1993-07-21

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US6382764B1 (en) * 1994-07-29 2002-05-07 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printing method and apparatus for counting number of ejected ink droplets for controlling printhead recovery
US5940095A (en) * 1995-09-27 1999-08-17 Lexmark International, Inc. Ink jet print head identification circuit with serial out, dynamic shift registers
US6022094A (en) * 1995-09-27 2000-02-08 Lexmark International, Inc. Memory expansion circuit for ink jet print head identification circuit
US6113208A (en) * 1996-05-22 2000-09-05 Hewlett-Packard Company Replaceable cartridge for a printer including resident memory with stored message triggering data
US5886726A (en) * 1997-02-10 1999-03-23 Datacard Corporation Thermal print head module and method for using
FR2840559B1 (en) * 2002-06-05 2005-08-12 A P S Engineering THERMAL PRINTING MODULE EQUIPPED WITH SECURITY MEANS AGAINST A DEFECTIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN CONNECTORS EQUIPPED WITH THE MODULE AND THE MACHINE PROVIDED FOR EQUIPPING THEREOF
KR100612020B1 (en) * 2004-10-28 2006-08-11 삼성전자주식회사 Thermal printer
JP5135584B2 (en) * 2008-02-27 2013-02-06 セイコーインスツル株式会社 Label manufacturing method and label manufacturing system
US8363075B2 (en) * 2010-04-12 2013-01-29 John Marozzi Thermal transfer printhead and printing system using such a printhead
JP6795280B2 (en) * 2014-05-26 2020-12-02 サトーホールディングス株式会社 Printer

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DE3820927A1 (en) * 1987-06-22 1989-01-05 Minolta Camera Kk Thermal printing recording device with multi-tone reproduction
EP0421806A2 (en) * 1989-10-05 1991-04-10 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha An image forming apparatus
WO1991014577A1 (en) * 1990-03-29 1991-10-03 Dowty Maritime Limited Thermal recording apparatus

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DE3820927A1 (en) * 1987-06-22 1989-01-05 Minolta Camera Kk Thermal printing recording device with multi-tone reproduction
EP0421806A2 (en) * 1989-10-05 1991-04-10 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha An image forming apparatus
WO1991014577A1 (en) * 1990-03-29 1991-10-03 Dowty Maritime Limited Thermal recording apparatus

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN101526774B (en) * 2008-03-05 2012-06-06 夏普株式会社 Image forming apparatus

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JPH07186430A (en) 1995-07-25

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