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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350992 | Center-justifying spindle assembly Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7264412 | Printer An ink switching cam (40) is rotated interlockingly with forward/reverse rotation of a head driving motor at all times to swing a cassette support member (20). Accordingly, ink belts can be switched with a simple construction without using a solenoid o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6168328 | Thermal transfer printer with a plurality of cassette holder plates According to the thermal transfer printer, a plurality of cassette holder plates each for holding ribbon cassettes stacked in plural stages are arranged side by side on a holding cover on the side opposed to a carriage, a fixed holding arm for holding the... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5951176 | Thermal transfer printer with cassette transfer mechanism A cassette transfer mechanism for a thermal transfer printer with a cassette platform and a cassette holder for holding a plurality of ribbon cassettes. The cassette transfer mechanism transfers a ribbon cassette between the cassette platform and the cass... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5863138 | Printer system with automatic ink ribbon cassette exchange function A printer system includes an ink ribbon end detector for detecting that the ink ribbon cassette has been used to the end; an used ink ribbon cassette holding position memory device for storing therein information indicative of holding position of a used i... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5860751 | Thermal transfer printer Provided is a thermal transfer printer which can stably perform recording using an ink ribbon formed of a base member coated with heat-fusible ink and recording using an ink ribbon formed of a base member coated with heat-sublimated ink without needing an... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5806995 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printer wherein a desired ribbon cassette is identified and selected from among plural ribbon cassettes held by a cassette holding portion and is loaded automatically onto a cassette carrier disposed on a carriage. The carriage is provi... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5777652 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printer wherein a desired ribbon cassette is identified and selected from among plural ribbon cassettes held by a cassette holding portion and is loaded automatically onto a cassette carrier disposed on a carriage. The carriage is provi... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5690439 | Thermal transfer printing apparatus A thermal transfer printing apparatus has an improved ink sheet interchanging device. A fusion type or sublimation type thermal transfer printing using a combination of many kinds of ink sheets can be carried out by a single printing apparatus. A desired ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5540509 | Color printer with exchangeable ribbon cassettes A print unit provided with one or a multi-serial heads having a plurality of print pins widely arranged in a direction of the feeding of paper and is provided laterally movably on a guide shaft. A cassette holder having a plurality of monochromatic ribbon... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5538351 | Thermal transfer printer and ribbon change structure A thermal transfer printer capable of elongating the period in which the ink ribbon can be used so that the frequency of ribbon cassette changes is reduced, the thermal transfer printer including a control unit arranged such that, if an end of an ink ribb... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5466074 | Recording apparatus with mechanism for shifting ink ribbon cassettes An ink ribbon cassette which is adapted to be demountably loaded on a recording apparatus having a recording head capable of recording information on a recording medium supported by a platen, the ink ribbon cassette has the following parts: a substantiall... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5370469 | Cassette holder assembly A cassette holder assembly includes a first cassette holder for detachably attaching a first ink ribbon cassette at a position that the ink ribbon is supplied to a printing face of a print head, and a second cassette holder detachably mounted on the first... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5267802 | Ribbon cassette storage and transfer apparatus for a printer Apparatus is disclosed for use with printers (or plotters) for storing and transferring ink-containing ribbon cassettes between a print head and a storage location. The printers (or plotters) are of the type which include a print head that is not as wide ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5201593 | Printing apparatus with multiple ribbon cassettes A printing apparatus has a driving motor being rotatable in the forward and backward directions, a first gear for receiving the torque of the motor, a swaying arm secured to an end of the first gear, a printing unit including a plurality of ribbon cassett... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5160942 | Serial type thermal printer A serial type thermal printer for printing while moving a carriage. The printer includes two thermal heads mounted on the carriage and arranged axially of a platen roller. Two ink film cassettes are arranged side by side on the carriage to be associated w... | 11/03/1992 |
| 4890120 | Thermal transfer type printing device capable of selecting ink sheets A thermal transfer type printing device, for instance, a character printer having a thermal head for use in printer, copier, facsimile device, etc. and ink medium such as ink ribbon, ink sheet or the like. One of a plurality of ink sheets is selectively u... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4815869 | Method of multicolor printing with matrix printer A method of printing multi-color images using a printer 12 having the capacity to print only one color at a time, a plurality of interchangeable colored ribbons 14 for use with said printer 12, a computer 10, and a computer monitor 11, having a list of st... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4809018 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printer has a platen and a thermal head between which are pinched a transfer paper sheet and an ink film, so that the ink is transferred from the ink film to the transfer paper sheet as heat is applied to the transfer paper sheet by the... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4778290 | Printer for printing of a full line in several colors by interchangeable ribbon cartridges A printer having a printing head provided with a plurality of printing elements disposed substantially along a line, a cylinder supporting a print sheet such as a sheet of paper held by an edge clamp and an ink ribbon changer. Four ink ribbons, for exampl... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4768041 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus comprises a rotatable transfer medium to be heated, a recording system for heating the transfer medium and a press mechanism for effecting transfer of molten transfer medium onto a record medium. A distance between the heat position ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4694305 | Multi-colored stacked cassettes thermal printer The present invention relates to polychromatic thermal printer of transferring type designed to print with any color selected from monochromic colors and mixed colors on a recording medium by arranging printably on said recording medium a plurality of ink... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4622563 | Printing apparatus with multiple ribbon cassettes holder In a printing apparatus which is loaded with a transfer member including a color agent to be transferred to a sheet and which transfers the color agent to the sheet in accordance with a pattern to form an image on the sheet, a cassette holding section is ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4569608 | Printing apparatus with automatically interchangeable ribbon cartridges In a printing apparatus which is loaded with a transfer member including a color agent and transfers the color agent to a sheet in accordance with a pattern, thereby forming an image on the sheet, a housing has a transferring function. The housing include... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4504160 | Color printer and multi-ribbon cartridge therefor A color printer includes a print head assembly including a plurality of independently actuable print heads serially arranged along a printing direction. Each print head includes a plurality of impact pins and an associated different color printing ribbon ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4495507 | Multicolor transfer heat-sensitive recording apparatus A multicolor transfer heat-sensitive recording apparatus for thermally transfer-recording images onto a recording paper 1, comprises a first and a second thermal head for selectively heating ink donor sheets of different color, first and second drive feed... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4471362 | Recording apparatus In a multi-station recording apparatus, the ink donor sheets extend along the paper path substantially to the next recording station while in contact with the recording paper to maintain proper paper registration.... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4403874 | Color printer and multi-ribbon cartridge therefor A color printer includes a print head assembly including a plurality of independently actuable print heads serially arranged along a printing direction. Each print head includes a plurality of impact pins and an associated different color printing ribbon ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4302118 | Typewriter cartridge and feed mechanism therefor Disclosed is a cartridge and a cartridge assembly for a typewriter, the assembly comprising a pair of case members, each case member having a separate chamber and including means for releasably connecting the two case members in superimposed overlapping r... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4172672 | Device for facilitating location of the printing point and/or correction of characters A device for facilitating location of the printing point and/or the correction of characters comprises a mechanism actuated by a back space key to shift the printing point back. A second mechanism, also actuated by the back space key, moves a pointer to a... | 10/30/1979 |
| 3938088 | Character coding and recognition system Coding of a group of characters for recognition by a machine and by a human viewer is provided by coloring each character with a predetermined plurality of colors arranged in predetermined locations within a character configuration. Each character configu... | 02/10/1976 |
