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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5144331 | Drive control method for thermal transfer printer A drive control method for a thermal transfer printer adapted to carry out printing by melting a thermofusible ink of an ink ribbon and transferring the molten ink onto a printing paper. The ink ribbon is formed with a blank portion coated with no ink, wh... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5086697 | Inked ribbon cartridge for money order imprinter An imprinting apparatus for imprinting checks, money orders and like negotiable instruments includes adjustable type segment members having type characters thereon for printing the dollar and cents amount of the money order in conventional Arabic characte... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4984912 | Multicolored fabric printing ribbon including nonbleeding, nonmigrating flushed pigment A fabric ribbon having multicolored regions has coloring matter in the regions of only flushed pigments in a liquid vehicle. Flushed pigments do not migrate between colored regions under normal conditions, and therefore mixing of the colors is avoided wit... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4867588 | Method for manufacture of a mutli-color ink ribbon including ink migration barrier The invention relates to borderline formation on a multi-color ink ribbon for use on a typewriter or impact type printer. The ink-impervious borderline is formed by melting the fiber in the corresponding linear zone of the substrate fabric by irradiation with ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4712931 | Color printer including a multiple color ink ribbon cartridge and tensioning device A color printer includes a carriage slidably movable on a printer frame. A print head is mounted on the carriage. A multiple-color ink ribbon having bands of color is stored in a cartridge which guides the multiple-color ink ribbon to the print head. A co... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4476176 | Multi-colored printing ribbon ink barrier system A multi-colored dye-based printing ribbon is disclosed which has a thermoplastic resinous barrier preventing the colored portions of the ribbon from interfusing.... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4317637 | Typewriter ribbon including a correction strip A typewriter ribbon includes a fiber texture base strip divided by a barrier filling into a black-inked portion and an ink-free portion, and a correction strip, having thereon a white transfer layer, fixedly attached to and substantially superimposed on t... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4037708 | Multicolor ink ribbon control for a typewriter A typewriter ribbon system comprising a ribbon drive device movable in response to the operation of a control device. The system allows the selection and printing of a specific longitudinal portion of a ribbon in the operative impact area.... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3991676 | High speed printer with multicolor ink ribbon A high speed multicolor printing apparatus having an ink ribbon with colored stripes or bands of different colors to allow printing of a certain line with a different color from the other lines. The apparatus is provided with means to control the selected... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3981387 | Method for inking preassembled ribbon cartridges A method which includes loading a length of uninked ribbon into a ribbon cartridge having a support area where a portion of the ribbon is supported and exposed; positioning an inking member and the portion of the ribbon exposed at said support area in ope... | 09/21/1976 |
