EP1306222A3 - Printing apparatus and method of controlling the same - Google Patents

Printing apparatus and method of controlling the same Download PDF

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EP1306222A3
EP1306222A3 EP02023750A EP02023750A EP1306222A3 EP 1306222 A3 EP1306222 A3 EP 1306222A3 EP 02023750 A EP02023750 A EP 02023750A EP 02023750 A EP02023750 A EP 02023750A EP 1306222 A3 EP1306222 A3 EP 1306222A3
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heating element
thermal head
transporting means
controlling
same
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Kazunari Iwata
Ikuaki Kitabayashi
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Seiko Epson Corp
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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
    • 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
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/18—Multiple web-feeding apparatus
    • B41J15/22—Multiple web-feeding apparatus for feeding webs in separate paths during printing

Abstract

A first thermal head (132) is provided with at least one first heating element to perform printing on a first printing medium transported by first transporting means (134). A second thermal head (142) is provided with at least one second heating element to perform printing on a second printing medium (112) transported by second transporting means (144). A controller (200) controls the first thermal head (132) and the second thermal head (142) such that a first time period for which the first heating element is energized and a second time period for which the second heating element is energized do not overlap, while simultaneously driving a first motor (136) for driving the first transporting means and a second motor (146) for driving the second transporting means (144) at the same speed.
EP02023750A 2001-10-26 2002-10-24 Printing apparatus and method of controlling the same Expired - Lifetime EP1306222B1 (en)

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JP2001329821 2001-10-26
JP2001329821A JP3846259B2 (en) 2001-10-26 2001-10-26 Printing device

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EP1306222A2 EP1306222A2 (en) 2003-05-02
EP1306222A3 true EP1306222A3 (en) 2003-10-01
EP1306222B1 EP1306222B1 (en) 2008-08-27

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JP (1) JP3846259B2 (en)
CN (1) CN1201941C (en)
AT (1) ATE406264T1 (en)
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JPH05124278A (en) * 1991-10-31 1993-05-21 Tokyo Electric Co Ltd Printer for receipt and journal
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