Thermal transfer printer and ribbon change structure

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1995-10-31

1996-07-23

Hilten, John S.

Typewriting machines

Including interposed inking device for record-medium

For typing plural copies simultaneously with ribbon

400692, 400249, B41J 3522

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055383513

ABSTRACT:
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 ribbon in the ribbon cassette mounted on a carriage is detected in a case where ribbon cassettes accommodating the same color ink ribbons are held in a plurality of cassette holding portions, the control unit causes the consumed ribbon cassette to be sent to an empty cassette holding portion and a new ribbon cassette to be selected and mounted on the carriage.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4622563 (1986-11-01), Watanabe
patent: 4694305 (1987-09-01), Shiomi et al.
patent: 5370469 (1994-12-01), Mutou et al.

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