Thermal transfer printer

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1997-05-20

1998-09-15

Burr, Edgar S.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Thermal

400206, B41J 3518

Patent

active

058069950

ABSTRACT:
A thermal transfer printer wherein a desired ribbon cassette is identified and selected from among plural ribbon cassettes held by a cassette holding portion and is loaded automatically onto a cassette carrier disposed on a carriage. The carriage is provided with a photosensor for detecting an identification mark provided on each ribbon cassette and a control section which judges whether there is any ribbon cassette held by the holding portion and of which type the ribbon cassette is, in accordance with a signal provided from the photosensor as the carriage moves. The carriage is further provided with a mechanism for making control so as to prevent loosening of ink ribbon at the time of ribbon cassette replacement.

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patent: 4622563 (1986-11-01), Watanabe
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patent: 5267802 (1993-12-01), Parnell et al.
patent: 5370469 (1994-12-01), Mutou et al.
patent: 5538351 (1996-07-01), Miyano

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