Thermal transfer printer

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1984-08-24

1986-03-18

Goldberg, E. A.

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346105, 400323, 400120, B41J 3100

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045771987

ABSTRACT:
A thermal transfer printer comprises a platen for holding a sheet of print paper thereagainst, a thermal head movable axially along the platen in opposite first and second directions and also movable toward and away from the platen, an ink tape including a stretch facing the platen for being pressed against the sheet of print paper by the thermal head, the ink tape having a width allowing printing along a plurality of transversely spaced lines on the stretch, and means for relatively positioning the thermal head and the stretch of the ink tape selectively on one of the transversely spaced lines at a time.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3855448 (1974-12-01), Hanagata et al.
patent: 4250511 (1981-02-01), Stein et al.
patent: 4294553 (1981-10-01), Wuthrich
IBM Technical Disclosure, "Ribbon Feed for Bidirectional Printer", by Dials et al, Sep. 1980, vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 1517-1520.

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