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Printer with thermotransfer print head and method for control thereof

US8292525B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

Axel Kieser · Berlin, DE
Raimund Nisius · Berlin, DE
Frank Reisinger · Oranienburg, DE
Dirk Rosenau · Berlin, DE
Sabine Roth · Berlin, DE
Olaf Turner · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2008
Grant date	Oct 23, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2/36
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for controlling a print head with a number of printing elements operating according to the thermotransfer principle, an energy quantity is fed to a printing element in a feed step in order to transfer ink from an ink carrier device associated with the print head to a substrate associated with the ink carrier device to generate an image point of a barcode, with the energy quantity being adjusted dependent on the position of the image point in the barcode.

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