Image-forming system including a plurality of thermal heads and

Details Image-forming system including a plurality of thermal heads and Image-forming system including a plurality of thermal heads and

1999-03-05

2000-08-22

Hilten, John S.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Thermal

4002412, 400149, 400 82, 347172, 347173, B41J 232, B41J 354

Patent

active

061061735

ABSTRACT:
A plurality of thermal heads for different colors, are disposed in parallel in a line-printing direction, being offset with respect to each other in a transport direction along which an image-forming sheet is moved via a conveyer path. The image forming sheet is a pressure/temperature-sensitive sheet or a temperature-sensitive sheet. The thermal heads are moved in the line-printing direction. Adjacent-opposing ends of adjacent thermal heads are separated in the line-printing direction, and overlap in the transport direction. The thermal heads are controlled so as to simultaneously generate image-pixels on the image-forming sheet. The printing speed is high due to a plurality of colors being simultaneously printed. The thermal heads are used as part of pressure applying unit. The pressure applying unit is provided for selectively applying predetermined pressure to the micro-capsules, when the image-forming sheet is a pressure/temperature-sensitive sheet. The thermal heads can also be applied to a high-speed printing of a mono-chrome image on the temperature-sensitive sheet.

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