JPS6337244U

JPS6337244U -

Info

Publication number: JPS6337244U
Application number: JP13058686U
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図はサー
マル転写プリンタのプラテンおよびキヤリツジの
一部を示す垂直断面図、第２図は第１図の印字ヘ
ツドの部分を拡大して示す平面図、第３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４図はヘツドクリーニング用
シートの変形例を示す斜視図である。１０……プラテン、１４……印字ヘツド、１８
……制御装置、２０，２１……ヘツドクリーニン
グ用シート。 The drawings show an embodiment of this invention; FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing part of the platen and carriage of a thermal transfer printer; FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an enlarged portion of the print head in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a part of the electrical configuration of the thermal transfer printer, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a modification of the head cleaning sheet. 10...Platen, 14...Print head, 18
...Control device, 20, 21...Head cleaning sheet.

Claims

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A thermal printer comprising a head cleaning sheet attached to a platen, and a control means for bringing the print head into pressure contact with the sheet and moving it relative to the sheet. (2) The thermal printer according to claim 1, wherein the control means has a head cleaning operation mode in which no voltage is applied to the print head. (3) Utility model registration claim 2, in which the control means moves the printing head in the head cleaning operation mode in a direction opposite to the normal printing direction while pressing the print head against the head cleaning sheet. Thermal printers listed in section.