Patent · US Expired

Thermal printer

US4691211A · kind A · utility

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1Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 24, 1986
Grant dateSep 1, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 24, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/4056
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Adjacent heating elements are energized during different time slots of an address cycle to produce dye portions in adjacent image pixels which are staggered. The area of the dye portion being proportional to image pixel density.

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