Color printer and ink ribbon therefor

Details Color printer and ink ribbon therefor Color printer and ink ribbon therefor

1996-05-23

1998-10-13

Hilten, John S.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Thermal

40012018, 400237, 4002404, B41J 2315, B41J 3100

Patent

active

058202749

ABSTRACT:
A compact color printer having a Y head (2), an M head (9), a C head (16), platen rollers (8, 15, 22) and a multi-time ink ribbon (23) wherein yellow ink (23y), magenta ink (23m) and cyan ink (23c) each having effective lengths B are sequentially on a substrate (23o) with a pitch P. When a line L1 of the printing paper (1) and an edge (23ya) of the yellow ink (23y) are positioned over a line position y1, the Y head (2) prints the color yellow; when a line L1 of the printing paper 1 and an edge (23ma) of the magenta ink (23m) are positioned over a line position y2, the M head (9) prints the color magenta; and when a line L1 of the printing paper (1) and an edge (23ca) of the cyan ink (23c) are positioned over a line position y3, the C head (16) prints the color cyan.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4558329 (1985-12-01), Honda
patent: 5478157 (1995-12-01), Kohno et al.
patent: 5486057 (1996-01-01), Skinner et al.
patent: 5492421 (1996-02-01), Fushimi et al.
patent: 5609425 (1997-03-01), Kawano et al.

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