Recorders – Thermal recording
Patent
1984-03-29
1986-07-01
Goldberg, E. A.
Recorders
Thermal recording
346105, 400208, 400233, 400120, B41J 3314
Patent
active
045983011
ABSTRACT:
A thermal printer for printing characters or the like on a recording medium, heat-sensitive paper or plain paper, by a thermal printhead which is mounted on a carriage movable along the recording medium in a reciprocating manner is provided. The printhead is pressed against the recording medium while the carriage is moving in a printing direction and the printhead is kept away from the recording medium while the carriage is moving in a returning direction opposite to the printing direction. A cassette containing therein heat-sensitive ink ribbon is substantially elongated in shape and it bridges between a pair of side plates forming part of a frame of the printer when detachably mounted in position. The cassette is provided with a supply port at one end and a take-up port at the opposite end and thus the ribbon is lead outside through the supply port and lead inside through the take-up port. And the ribbon is taken up in association with the returning motion of the carriage.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4420268 (1983-12-01), Tsukamura et al.
Araki Shigeyuki
Hayashima Toshitaka
Momose Masanori
Nishiwaki Shoji
Suzaki Masayuki
Evans A.
Goldberg E. A.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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