GB2022018B - Thermal transfer colour printer - Google Patents

Thermal transfer colour printer

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Publication number
GB2022018B
GB2022018B GB7913576A GB7913576A GB2022018B GB 2022018 B GB2022018 B GB 2022018B GB 7913576 A GB7913576 A GB 7913576A GB 7913576 A GB7913576 A GB 7913576A GB 2022018 B GB2022018 B GB 2022018B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
thermal transfer
colour printer
transfer colour
printer
thermal
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Expired
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GB7913576A
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GB2022018A (en
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Tektronix Inc
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Tektronix Inc
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/34—Multicolour thermography
    • B41M5/345—Multicolour thermography by thermal transfer of dyes or pigments
    • 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
    • B41J2/325—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 by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
    • 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
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/16—Multicolour arrangements
    • B41J35/18—Colour change effected automatically
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
    • H04N1/50—Picture reproducers
    • H04N1/502—Reproducing the colour component signals dot-sequentially or simultaneously in a single or in adjacent picture-element positions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
    • H04N1/50—Picture reproducers
    • H04N1/504—Reproducing the colour component signals line-sequentially

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
  • Fax Reproducing Arrangements (AREA)
GB7913576A 1978-05-30 1979-04-19 Thermal transfer colour printer Expired GB2022018B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US91017078A 1978-05-30 1978-05-30

Publications (2)

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GB2022018A GB2022018A (en) 1979-12-12
GB2022018B true GB2022018B (en) 1982-05-06

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GB7913576A Expired GB2022018B (en) 1978-05-30 1979-04-19 Thermal transfer colour printer

Country Status (6)

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JP (1) JPS605197B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1113782A (en)
DE (1) DE2921120C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2427201A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2022018B (en)
NL (1) NL171969C (en)

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GB2022018A (en) 1979-12-12
NL171969B (en) 1983-01-17
DE2921120A1 (en) 1979-12-06
NL7903643A (en) 1979-12-04
DE2921120C2 (en) 1984-06-28
FR2427201A1 (en) 1979-12-28
FR2427201B1 (en) 1983-12-23
JPS605197B2 (en) 1985-02-08
CA1113782A (en) 1981-12-08
NL171969C (en) 1983-06-16
JPS54156647A (en) 1979-12-10

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