Printing apparatus and printing method
US9227426B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/365
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing apparatus comprises an ink ribbon conveyance section; a recording medium conveyance section; a thermal head which comprises, in the printing section, heat generating elements for thermally transferring the ink of the ink ribbon onto the recording medium; a platen member; a thermal head moving section; a temperature measurement section configured to measure ambient temperature; and a control section configured to drive the thermal head moving section to move the thermal head to the second position when the recording medium is conveyed in a conveyance direction reverse to a conveyance direction for printing and when the ambient temperature measured by the temperature measurement section is above a specific head-up temperature.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.