Thermal sublimation printer for use with different ribbons

Details Thermal sublimation printer for use with different ribbons Thermal sublimation printer for use with different ribbons

1995-02-22

1997-03-11

Hilten, John S.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Thermal

40012018, 347172, 347212, B41J 232

Patent

active

056094256

ABSTRACT:
A thermal sublimation printer is disclosed. A pile of blank paper is inserted into a paper cassette 10, and a donor ribbon 21 coated with sublimation dyes is mounted on a supplying rotational axis 22 and a furl rotational axis 23 on bearings. The heating of a plurality of heating elements 4a, 4a, . . . , 4a of a thermal head 4, the movement of a platen roller 3, etc., are controlled by a control device as sublimation printing is carried out. The printed papers are then placed in the paper cassette 10, and exchanges the donor ribbon 21 for a fade preventive donor ribbon 27 coated with an over coating material. The over coating material is transferred on the printed paper by heat of the thermal head 4.

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