GB9613167D0 - A printer for printing on a continuous print medium - Google Patents

A printer for printing on a continuous print medium

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Publication number
GB9613167D0
GB9613167D0 GBGB9613167.7A GB9613167A GB9613167D0 GB 9613167 D0 GB9613167 D0 GB 9613167D0 GB 9613167 A GB9613167 A GB 9613167A GB 9613167 D0 GB9613167 D0 GB 9613167D0
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Prior art keywords
print medium
speed
ribbon
print
printing
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GBGB9613167.7A
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ITW Ltd
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ITW Ltd
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Application filed by ITW Ltd filed Critical ITW Ltd
Priority to GBGB9613167.7A priority Critical patent/GB9613167D0/en
Publication of GB9613167D0 publication Critical patent/GB9613167D0/en
Priority to DE69702371T priority patent/DE69702371T2/en
Priority to EP97302467A priority patent/EP0816108B1/en
Priority to AT97302467T priority patent/ATE194101T1/en
Priority to CA002204819A priority patent/CA2204819C/en
Priority to AU20859/97A priority patent/AU685727B1/en
Priority to NZ328123A priority patent/NZ328123A/en
Priority to NO972929A priority patent/NO972929L/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/02—Feeding mechanisms
    • B41J17/04—Feed dependent on the record-paper feed, e.g. both moved at the same time
    • 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
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/02—Feeding mechanisms
    • B41J17/12—Special adaptations for ensuring maximum life

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  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Adhesives Or Adhesive Processes (AREA)
  • Photographic Developing Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Electrochromic Elements, Electrophoresis, Or Variable Reflection Or Absorption Elements (AREA)
  • Handling Of Continuous Sheets Of Paper (AREA)
  • Handling Of Sheets (AREA)

Abstract

A thermal printer for printing on a continuous print medium by ink transfer from a thermal print ribbon has a print head which is pivotally mounted and which is driven in an oscillatory nodding motion by means of a stepper motor so as repeatedly to bring a linear array of energisable printing elements to bear against a platen roller. Both the element array and the platen extend transversely to respective paths of travel of the print medium and the ribbon. The print medium is fed through the printer from an inlet region, between the platen and print head, and thence to an outlet region. The instantaneous rate of travel of the print medium past the print head is substantially the same as the rate of feed of print medium to the printer. Typically this rate is of the order of 250 to 400 mm per second. The ribbon also travels between the print head and the platen, overlying the print medium and is driven in such a manner that it travels at the same rate as the print medium during each printing operation up to a speed equivalent to the maximum printing speed of the print head. This is achieved by driving the ribbon with a motor the speed of which is controlled according to the sensed speed of travel of the print medium, e.g. by coupling the motor to processing circuitry which takes an input signal from a shaft encoder associated with the platen roller. These methods of driving the ribbon have the advantage that the ribbon speed can be varied to take account of different print medium speeds, e.g. due to the requirements of differing packaging processes, and also in response to transient variations in print medium speed during each printing operation. To restore the aspect ratio of characters when the print medium is travelling faster than the speed equivalent to the maximum speed of the print head, lines of dots are skipped. <IMAGE>
GBGB9613167.7A 1996-06-24 1996-06-24 A printer for printing on a continuous print medium Pending GB9613167D0 (en)

Priority Applications (8)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9613167.7A GB9613167D0 (en) 1996-06-24 1996-06-24 A printer for printing on a continuous print medium
DE69702371T DE69702371T2 (en) 1996-06-24 1997-04-10 Printer for printing from a tape-shaped recording medium
EP97302467A EP0816108B1 (en) 1996-06-24 1997-04-10 A printer for printing on a continuous print medium
AT97302467T ATE194101T1 (en) 1996-06-24 1997-04-10 PRINTER FOR PRINTING FROM A TAPE-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM
CA002204819A CA2204819C (en) 1996-06-24 1997-05-08 A printer for printing on a continuous print medium
AU20859/97A AU685727B1 (en) 1996-06-24 1997-05-14 A printer for printing on a continuous print medium
NZ328123A NZ328123A (en) 1996-06-24 1997-06-18 Thermal printer with selected ink dots omitted from predetermined pattern when print medium speed greater than ribbon speed
NO972929A NO972929L (en) 1996-06-24 1997-06-23 Prints for writing on a continuous medium

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9613167.7A GB9613167D0 (en) 1996-06-24 1996-06-24 A printer for printing on a continuous print medium

Publications (1)

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GB9613167D0 true GB9613167D0 (en) 1996-08-28

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GBGB9613167.7A Pending GB9613167D0 (en) 1996-06-24 1996-06-24 A printer for printing on a continuous print medium

Country Status (8)

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EP (1) EP0816108B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE194101T1 (en)
AU (1) AU685727B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2204819C (en)
DE (1) DE69702371T2 (en)
GB (1) GB9613167D0 (en)
NO (1) NO972929L (en)
NZ (1) NZ328123A (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1016535B1 (en) 1999-01-02 2006-07-19 Scheidt & Bachmann Gmbh Thermal transfer printer

Family Cites Families (10)

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EP0036295A3 (en) * 1980-03-14 1981-10-07 Printos B.V. Hand-held printing apparatus
JPS5783471A (en) * 1980-11-14 1982-05-25 Canon Inc Thermal copying printer
US4933867A (en) * 1983-05-31 1990-06-12 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Printing apparatus
JPS6071275A (en) * 1983-09-28 1985-04-23 Toshiba Corp Image output device
JPS61108588A (en) * 1984-11-01 1986-05-27 Hitachi Ltd System for controlling feed of recording paper
US4915027A (en) * 1987-03-28 1990-04-10 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Hand-held manually operable printing apparatus
JPH0286480A (en) * 1988-09-22 1990-03-27 Canon Inc Thermal transfer recorder
US5372439A (en) * 1992-12-18 1994-12-13 Zebra Technologies Corporation Thermal transfer printer with controlled ribbon feed
JPH06278334A (en) * 1993-01-27 1994-10-04 Ricoh Co Ltd Thermal transfer printer
EP0635368A3 (en) * 1994-05-26 1995-09-06 Illinois Tool Works Method and apparatus for low cost thermal printing.

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
NO972929L (en) 1997-12-29
EP0816108B1 (en) 2000-06-28
EP0816108A1 (en) 1998-01-07
ATE194101T1 (en) 2000-07-15
DE69702371T2 (en) 2001-03-29
DE69702371D1 (en) 2000-08-03
CA2204819A1 (en) 1997-12-24
AU685727B1 (en) 1998-01-22
NZ328123A (en) 1998-09-24
NO972929D0 (en) 1997-06-23
CA2204819C (en) 2001-10-23

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