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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7324125 | Method for automatic adjustment of media settings for a printer A method for automatically adjusting the setting of a thermal printer when a new roll of media is inserted in the printer. A maximum and a minimum energy needed to print are determined. This information is used to determine a coarse energy setting. The printer next ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303344 | Label printing apparatus A thermal transfer-type label printer and an optical disc apparatus are integrated to miniaturize a multi-function label printing apparatus. An information recording/reproducing unit that carries out recording or reproduction of information on a recording surface of... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7220068 | Digital stamp A digital stamp is described which can print out a message using a moveable inkjet printhead (30) which can be moved by a mechanical arrangement of arm (35) and pivots (33, 36). A cartridge (20) containing ink feeds the printhead (30 | 05/22/2007 |
| 7101100 | Printer apparatus Provided is a printer apparatus, including: a thermal print head that performs printing by contacting a heat-sensitive color-developing layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet that includes a printable surface made from the heat-sensitive color-developing layer on ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7064774 | Thermal transfer label printer with rewind control, and method for multiple label printing This label has a printing head (1) which may be stationary or mob vale along a guide (2), a ribbon (3) bearing a printing medium, a ribbon pay-out spool (4), a ribbon tale-up spool (5) driven by a stepper motor (6), a contro... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6648526 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus for printing a recording medium includes a recording medium transport device for transporting the recording medium from a supply portion along a transport path; a first printing device arranged on the transport path for forming an ima... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6626098 | Master making device for a stencil printer A master making device of the present invention includes a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements arranged in an array in the main scanning direction. A platen roller forms a nip between it and the thermal head for pressing a stencil. The pla... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6606107 | Printing system, thermal printer, printer control method, and data storage medium A printing system, a thermal printer, a printer driver, a printing control method, and a data storage medium control the printing process according to the type of thermal paper that is loaded into the printer when the paper is replaced. By appropriately c... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6345920 | Method of energy control in printing with transfer ribbon and direct thermo material in thermo-printers The invention relates to a method for controlling the amount of energy from a printer head in a thermo-printer. The appropriate amount of energy for obtaining the best possible print quality with a certain printing material is controlled through calculati... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6206589 | Printer ribbon compensation The printer is adapted to print an image onto a substrate using a web carrying a color material. The printer includes a web supply configured to supply the web and a web take-up configured to receive the web. A print head is configured to material from th... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5809879 | Control device for a thermosensitive stencil printer A control device for a thermosensitive stencil printer capable of perforating a stencil in an optimal configuration matching a desired resolution in the subscanning direction and thereby producing desirable images. The device allows perforations to be for... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5771803 | Tape cassette housing thermally perforatable stencil paper A tape cassette used in a tape printer, the tape cassette including a thermal stencil paper thermally perforatable by a thermal print head of the tape printer; and a stencil sheet case housing the thermal stencil paper and having a portion shaped the same... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5711621 | Method and apparatus for selecting printer parameters for different types of print media A thermal printer is provided which can be easily calibrated by an operator for any selected type of print media. The thermal printer includes a thermal print head and a rotatable platen adapted to draw a print media therebetween. The thermal print head i... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5685222 | Control device for a thermosensitive stencil printer A control device for a thermosensitive stencil printer which is capable of perforating a stencil in an optimal configuration matching a desired resolution in the subscanning direction and thereby producing desirable images. The device allows perforations ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5551337 | Method and apparatus for detecting a type of stencil and controlling thermal perforation energy thereby A plate making device and method, wherein when a light sensor detects that the stencil plate inserted into the plate making device is provided with the through hole, the controller supplies a current to the thermal head for T1 seconds to control the heat ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5417156 | Thermal stencil plate making method A thermal stencil plate making method, by which a perforation image is formed on a thermal stencil original sheet comprising a thermoplastic resin film and a porous support laminated on each other or a thermal stencil original sheet composed substantially... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5274395 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus switchable between sublimable and fusible ink sheets A recording apparatus for performing recording on a recording medium includes a mounting unit, a discriminating unit, a recording unit, and a control unit. The mounting unit detachably mounts an ink sheet, the discriminating unit discriminates a kind of i... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5195832 | Electrical stamp device with ink temperature compensation for stencil paper perforation A stamp device is capable of selecting a current supply time for use by a thermal head in accordance with an ink temperature detected by a temperature sensor so as to control the size of perforations to be formed on a heat sensitive stencil paper by the t... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5085529 | Thermal printing system with encoded sheet set Different print sheet sets are disclosed to receive printing by a thermal printer. A thermal image transfer sheet is removably attached to a print sheet having a score line across the same to form a zone for coded indicia and a zone to receive printing. I... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5070342 | Thermal printer A thermal printer is provided which may use various types of ribbons including print only and print and erase ribbons. The printer includes a memory having stored therein predetermined printing condition data corresponding to a plurality of print modes in... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5064301 | Thermal printer A thermal printer which always performs a satisfactory printing operation regardless of whether a ribbon cassette mounted for printing houses an ink ribbon for hot release mode printing or an ink ribbon for cold release mode printing. Hot release mode pri... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4611936 | Thermal printer A thermal printer is provided with a detecting member adapted to detect the presence of a thermal ribbon cassette on the printer. When the thermal ribbon cassette is mounted on the printer, the thermal print head is held at a release position until a cycl... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4586834 | Transfer apparatus for monochromatic or multi-color printing According to the present invention, a transfer medium is set to be fed. Transfer materials are set to be selectively fed in such a manner that each transfer material has a monochromatic color agent and an identification code assigned thereto, or a plurali... | 05/06/1986 |
