Carriage mechanism for thermal printer

Details Carriage mechanism for thermal printer Carriage mechanism for thermal printer

1988-05-26

1989-04-18

Wiecking, David A.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Thermal

400185, B41J 320

Patent

active

048221864

ABSTRACT:
A carriage mechanism for a printer comprises an ink ribbon take-up mechanism for taking up an ink ribbon, a head moving mechanism for moving a printing head which is provided on a carriage between a printing position where the printing head can carry out a printing operation by transferring ink coated on the ink ribbon on a recording paper and a non-printing position where the printing head does not carry out the printing operation, and a single driving source for selectively driving the ink ribbon take-up mechanism and the head moving mechanism.

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S. L. Applegate et al; "Motor Drive Arrangement for Ribbon Feed and Printhead Positioning Control"; IBM Tech. Disc. Bull.; vol. 25, No. 11B, pp. 6236-8; Apr. 1983.

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