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Thermal transfer recording device

US4851861A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 19, 1988
Grant dateJul 25, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/355
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a thermal transfer recording device which performs thermal transfer recording by using an ink ribbon which applies monochrome or polychrome transfer of ink to a base film and moves the ink ribbon and paper holding them between a thermal head and a platen, a first control section outputs a signal for the control of the heat quantity of the thermal head based on input binary data, a second control section outputs a signal for the control of the heat quantity of the thermal head based on input multi-value data, a setting unit outputs setting results based on the setting of the binary data print mode or the multi-value data print mode, and a selection unit selects the output signal of the first control section or the second control section based on the above mentioned setting results and supplies it to the above-mentioned thermal head.

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