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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7003787 | Urging structure for an output shaft of a drive motor An urging structure for an output shaft of a drive motor of the invention is configured by a pressing plate 31 which abuts against an end face 24a of an output shaft 24, and an urging spring 36 which urges the pressing plate in the... | 02/21/2006 |
| 5779377 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus comprises: a print head comprising an array having an N (N=positive integer) number of dot forming elements arrayed at fixed pitches having a lower end and an upper end; a horizontal scan driver for moving the print head above and alo... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5520469 | Dot matrix printer Disclosed herein is a dot matrix printer capable of recording character strings with a high quality at high speeds. The dot matrix printer includes an output processor for obtaining the numbers of effective dots of character patterns in a character string... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5451991 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus for performing recording on a recording medium includes a feed roller for feeding a recording medium, a recording head reciprocally movable along a feed path of the recording medium conveyed by the feed roller, the recording head bei... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5209589 | Apparatus and method for minimizing printer scan error In a printer assembly including a printhead which moves in a first direction for printing on a sheet of paper, roller means having an outer cylindrical periphery that engages the sheet of paper at successive tangent points on the periphery for moving the ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5207516 | Thermal printer that adjusts paper feed to match print pitch A thermal printer has a memory for storing printing patterns; a printer unit on which a thermal printing head having one line of dot print elements is replaceably mounted, the printer unit driving the printing head to print a printing pattern stored in th... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5200761 | Thermal printing apparatus A thermal printer comprises a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements arranged in line in the horizontal direction, a printing data processing circuit responsive to input video signal for energizing the heating elements of the thermal head in ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5050858 | Sheet feed control method There is provided a sheet feed control method for feeding sheets at a predetermined pitch to the printing section of a printing machine that comprises a sheet feeding roller and a pair of small rollers provided one upstream and the other down stream and p... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5033880 | Printer with character expansion in accordance with line pitch In a controller for use in a printer, when line pitch information is set in a printer status storage unit by way of a line pitch setter, a distance setter determines a cursor/base line distance on the basis of the line pitch information, and a character p... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4988221 | Specific data input order for continuous strips of tags including line spacing amount A printing device for a continuous strip of tags prints a plurality of lines on each of the tags. The device allows free selection and easy changing of line spacing. The device for a continuous strip of tags has a feed mechanism for feeding the strip of t... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4953995 | Dot matrix printer and method for printing multiple lines at different line spacings A method and apparatus for printing multiple lines of characters simultaneously on a dot matrix printer and making available to the user a choice of alternate line spacings without physical or mechanical alteration of the printhead. The printhead includes... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4896978 | Method for optional control of line spacing in electronic typewriter A process for controlling line spacing, including the steps of clearing or setting line pitch variable mode in a first state; checking keyboard input in a second stage; determining whether the keyboard input indicates line pitch variable mode, and perform... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4820069 | Sheet-feeding apparatus with selectable unit feed and coefficient therefor The present invention relates to a printing apparatus such as a typewriter which prints data from an inputting means on a printing medium. In the case of the normal printing apparatus, a feed amount setting means is installed which sets the amount of feed of l... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4804280 | Printer including apparatus for controlling underscore position relative to characters A printer having a first memory for storing character data representative of lines of characters to be printed on a recording medium, a second memory for storing line-space data representative of a line spacing between the lines of characters, and a contr... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4725858 | Roller pressure unloading means for a thermal printing mechanism A thermal printer having a mechanism for alleviating the pressure between the print head and the resilient roller when the printer is not operational is provided. The printer includes a cam member for camming the print head and resilient roller apart duri... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4702630 | Facsimile-printer apparatus A facsimile-printer combination of a dot-matrix type, including: a first and a second printing device operable in a fascimile mode and a printer mode according to first and second printing information, respectively, for selectively producing dots on a rec... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4621933 | Line spacing mechanism for printing machines A line spacing mechanism for printing machines comprises an electric motor which is operable to rotate selectively in either direction. A worm on the shaft of the motor meshes with a helicoidally toothed wheel to cause a platen roller to rotate in the clo... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4181444 | Device for printing out indices and powers in typewriters A device is disclosed for index and exponent impression printing in typewriters. An exponent or index switching key has associated with it an edge detector, and parallel thereto, a state detector. A time function element which triggers a gate circuit for ... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4159882 | High quality printer The printing apparatus disclosed herein generates alphanumeric characters of high quality, using a multi-pin printing head capable of forming discrete dots or pels, by controlling the actuation of the printing head with a timing resolution which is an ord... | 07/03/1979 |
