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Printer system, printer apparatus, printing method, ink ribbon and printing medium

US6593952B1 · kind B1 · utility

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39Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 14, 2000
Grant dateJul 15, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J35/36
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer system, a printer apparatus, a printing method, an ink ribbon and a printing medium that certainly and effectively prevent a quality of printed image from being degraded without causing trouble to a user. More concretely, the printing medium is provided with memory mechanisms and the memory mechanisms stores predetermined control data, the printer apparatus reads out the control data stored in the memory mechanisms by contactless communication and controls the photographic printing operation on the basis of the control data which is read out.

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