Printer

Details Printer Printer

1992-06-26

1996-04-16

Wiecking, David B.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Thermal

40012017, 347197, B41J 232

Patent

active

055075827

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a thermal printer for printing on webs of record members such as tags and labels. The printer has a wide print head which can print on either a wide web or on a narrow web. When printing on a narrow web, pressure contact is relieved or minimized between the portion of the platen roll and printing elements beyond the side edge of the web to minimize wear as the platen roll rotates. This is accomplished by inclining the print head and platen roll relative to each other. In order to promote uniform tension in the ink ribbon, an adjustable guide is provided along the ink ribbon path. The guide can be adjusted in a flat plane. The guide is maintained perpendicular to the direction of ink ribbon travel and promotes uniformity of tension across the width of the ink ribbon and consequently enables tracking to be optimized.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4422376 (1983-12-01), Teraoka
patent: 4660052 (1987-04-01), Kayia et al.
patent: 5186553 (1993-02-01), Sugiura et al.

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