JPS6337234U

JPS6337234U -

Info

Publication number: JPS6337234U
Application number: JP13058586U
Authority: JP
Priority date: 1986-08-26
Filing date: 1986-08-26
Publication date: 1988-03-10

Description

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

図面はこの考案の実施例を示し、第１図はイン
クリボンカセツトが装着されていないサーマル転
写プリンタのキヤリツジの平面図、第２図はイン
クリボンカセツトが装着されているキヤリツジの
部分切欠き平面図、第３図は第１図―線の断
面図、第４図は第２図―線の断面図、第５図
は第１図―線の断面図、第６図は第２図―
線の断面図、第７図はサーマル転写プリンタの
電気的構成の一部を概略的に示すブロツク図、第
８図は制御装置およびサーマル転写プリンタの動
作の一部を概略的に示すフローチヤートである。２０……キヤリツジ、２１……インクリボンカ
セツト、２２……インクリボン、２４……カセツ
トセンサー、２５……リボンエンドセンサー、３
１……制御装置。 The drawings show an embodiment of this invention; FIG. 1 is a plan view of a carriage of a thermal transfer printer without an ink ribbon cassette installed, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the cartridge with an ink ribbon cassette installed, and FIG. Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the line from Figure 1, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the line from Figure 2, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the line from Figure 1, and Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the line from Figure 2.
7 is a block diagram schematically showing a part of the electrical configuration of the thermal transfer printer, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart schematically showing a control device and a part of the operation of the thermal transfer printer. be. 20...Carriage, 21...Ink ribbon cassette, 22...Ink ribbon, 24...Cassette sensor, 25...Ribbon end sensor, 3
1...Control device.

Claims

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) Cassette detection means for detecting that an ink ribbon cassette is attached to a carriage;
The ribbon end detection means detects the ribbon end of the cassette, and the control means controls the printing operation based on the outputs of the cassette detection means and the ribbon end detection means. When the ribbon end is detected during thermal transfer printing, the printing operation is interrupted and an alarm is issued.
A thermal transfer printer that prohibits resumption of printing operation until a change occurs in the output of the cassette detection means. (2) A utility model in which the control means issues an alarm when an operation to resume printing is performed after the control means detects the end of the tape and interrupts the printing operation, but before a change occurs in the output of the cassette detection means. A thermal transfer printer according to claim 1.