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7265771 |
Printer capable of detecting status of unutilized ribbon
A printer includes a ribbon supply end, a ribbon retrieving end, and a ribbon. The two ends of the ribbon are installed on the ribbon supply end and the ribbon retrieving end respectively. The...
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7168871 |
Ribbon takeup device and printer with ribbon takeup device
The present invention reduces the peak torque of a motor used in a ribbon takeup mechanism and makes the motor, used for driving, smaller and less costly. A ribbon takeup device includes ratchet...
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7150572 |
Tape drive and printing apparatus
A tape drive for use in for example a transfer printing apparatus to drive a printer ribbon. The printer ribbon is mounted on two spools each of which is driven by a respective stepper motor. A...
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7052194 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism
An apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism of a ribbon feed system includes a supporting structure carrying a plurality of ribbon transport devices including a ribbon storage spool,...
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6965391 |
Thermal transfer ribbon actuation device for printing machines
Applicable to machines having a moving carriage ( 4 ) that can move transversally with respect to the continuous band to be printed and that includes a thermal printing head ( 9 ) by which passes a...
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6517268 |
Printer and method of controlling it
A printer comprises a printing mechanism ( 9 ) composed of a platen ( 9 b ) and a printing head ( 9 c ) for printing on a recording medium (C, S) via an ink ribbon, a paper path ( 30, 33 ) for...
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6431774 |
Printer, control method for the same, and data storage medium for recording the control method
Problems relating to shifting and misalignment of an ink ribbon relative to the print head as a result of changing the color used for printing with a multi-color ink ribbon are eliminated with the...
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6174096 |
Printing apparatus
An apparatus to drive a ribbon carrying a printing medium in an impact printer is implemented. The apparatus accommodates manual tightening of the ribbon by decoupling the drive motor from the...
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6149326 |
Hot stamper foil tape cartridge with reflector pads
A tape cartridge for a debossing stamper includes a casing, a tape-containing supply spool and a tape take-up spool in the casing, the supply spool having at least one reflector pad visually...
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6082914 |
Thermal printer and drive system for controlling print ribbon velocity and tension
A thermal printer having a supply of media with a rotatable platen on which the media is moved for printing by a thermal printing head. A supply spindle supplies print ribbon from a supply spool...
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6065883 |
Franking apparatus and printing means thereof
A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling energization of a take-up motor driving a take-up spool of used ink ribbon in thermal printing apparatus. Prior to a printing cycle, the take-up...
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6036382 |
Ribbon transport mechanism having driven pivoting carrier beam and method of using
The present invention relates to a mechanism for transporting a printing ribbon past the print head of a printer using a rocking beam mechanism the rocking beam being driven by a drive means. The...
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6034708 |
Ribbon drive for a thermal demand printer
A thermal demand printer for printing on media is a novel system which includes a case structure including a hinged cover panel, easily removable guide structures and media hanger, and a single...
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5961230 |
Printer with a device for controlling the velocity of the ribbon
A printer, in particular of the type used for printing cheques with magnetic ink, comprises a control device for advancing a ribbon at a velocity substantially equal to the velocity of documents....
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5921689 |
Method of calibrating a ribbon winding mechanism for a printing apparatus
A method of calibrating a ribbon winding mechanism of a printing apparatus which is adapted to perform a printing operation in which at a printing station a print head is moved relative to a first...
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5820280 |
Printer with variable torque distribution
A printer includes a variable torque assembly that allows a printer controller to vary torque on supply and take-up reels in response to monitored diameter of the supply or take-up reels. In one...
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5820277 |
Printer
There is disclosed an improved thermal printer with a rigid frame made from a main frame plate with compound bends and a base plate, record member supply roll mounting and guide devices, an ink...
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5803625 |
Bar code printing device
A bar code printing device including a base frame, a cover turned about a pivot in the base frame, torsional springs mounted around the pivot to force the cover outwards from the base frame, gear...
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5795084 |
Method and apparatus for low cost thermal printing
A method and apparatus for low cost thermal printing in a thermal printer having a software controlled thermal print head that moves in relation to a print ribbon disposed adjacent to a print area...
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5743661 |
Imaging device
An imaging device which reciprocatively transports a recording sheet to form a color image thereon. A front extreme end of the recording sheet is clamped between a pair of rollers, and the pair of...
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5711623 |
Ink ribbon recording apparatus
A single-pass ink ribbon and a multi-pass ink ribbon are incorporated in a single recording apparatus. An identification mark is attached to one end of the single-pass ribbon (or the multi-pass ink...
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5700096 |
Printer and method of printing using the same
In a printer for printing on a recording medium using a transfer medium, a transfer medium capable of being repeatedly used at the same portion thereof (e.g., a multi-pass thermal transfer ribbon)...
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5685653 |
Method and system for controlled inking of printer ribbons
A method and apparatus for extending the useful life of a printing ribbon by controlling the ratio of ink used to ink applied to the ribbon, while maintaining visual clarity of printed characters....
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5649774 |
Method and apparatus for improved low cost thermal printing
A method and apparatus for low cost thermal printing in a thermal printer having a software controlled thermal print head that moves in relation to a print ribbon disposed adjacent to a print area...
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5647679 |
Printer for printing on a continuous print medium
A thermal printer for printing on a continuous print medium by ink transfer from a thermal print ribbon has a print head which is pivotally mounted and which is driven in an oscillatory nodding...
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5593238 |
Method and apparatus for controlling transport of thermal transfer ribbon
An apparatus for use in a thermal printer for printing bar code symbols onto a paper substrate material is provided which utilizes a ribbon having a multi-transfer ink layer. The thermal printer...
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5542769 |
Printer such as a printer for printing self-adhesive labels having a ribbon drive
To conserve relatively expensive printing ribbon, in particular a thermal transfer ribbon, when a portion of the medium which is not to be printed, e.g. the space between two labels, passes through...
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5533819 |
Character by character thermal recording device with ink sheet feed control
A thermal recording device suitable for use in an electronic typewriter for printing characters on a printing paper by means of an ink sheet. The device has a thermal recording head adapted to be...
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5482388 |
Detent mechanism and gear changeover apparatus in a recording apparatus
A recording apparatus having a paper feeding device for feeding a printing sheet, a detent mechanism capable of engaging the feed roller so as to determine the feeding pitch at which the paper...
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5445464 |
Ink ribbon usage in a multicolor image recording apparatus
An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium has a plurality of ink ribbon mounting portions on which a multicolor ink ribbon having inks of plural colors and a...
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5433539 |
Control of media movement using a periodic calibration method and apparatus
A ribbon supply apparatus including a support in which a ribbon supply spool and a take-up spool are rotatably mounted. The supply and take-up spools and the support are designed so that these...
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5425587 |
Printer with end of print data ribbon control
A printer for reducing the consumption of a ribbon at a printing completion section. A ribbon feeder feeds an ink ribbon so as to carry out printing during a period in which heat transfer is being...
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5424762 |
Color printer capable of utilizing a jointed color ink sheet
The provision is made of a firmware (F/W: ROM, RAM) which enables an accurate indexing of an ink sheet so that printing is not performed at the joint portion when an ink sheet having a joint is...
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5415481 |
Feeding of ink ribbon based on shapes of a plurality of previously printed characters
A traveling amount calculating unit calculates a minimum traveling amount of a printing transfer material required for a plurality of shapes printed previously not overlying a shape to be printed...
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5399031 |
Assisting movement of dye receiver past thermal print head
A color thermal printer loads a dye receiver for printing by moving the dye receiver in a first direction through a gap between a print head and a platen. A dye donor, also positioned in the gap,...
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5366303 |
Printer ribbon motor controller
This disclosure sets forth a dot matrix printer having an improved ribbon drive. The ribbon drive is provided by two respective stepper motors. When one stepper motor is in a take-up mode, the...
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5333960 |
Device and method for displaying a residual amount of cartridge ribbon for a color video printer
A device for displaying a residual amount of cartridge ribbons in a color video printer. The rotational period of a supply reel or a take-up reel, is detected and the detected rotational period is...
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5313071 |
Ribbon advance monitor
Print drums are described wherein a special "alignment character" is placed, along with print-symbols, on the surface of the print drum, mixed-in with at least one of the character sets.
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5294203 |
Ink ribbon feed
Thermal printing apparatus is disclosed in which a thermal transfer ink ribbon (14) is drawn from a supply spool (15) past a thermal print head (12) in ink transfer engagement with an item (17) on...
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5281038 |
Apparatus and method for printing including a ribbon advancing slide mechanism
A printer apparatus including a slide assembly for advancing a receptor material and a ribbon material relative to a print head and platen for printing color images.
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5230574 |
Recording apparatus having a compound movement print head
A recording apparatus in which a comparatively small spacing is required for automatic loading of transfer paper of a transfer paper and record paper cartridge. The recording apparatus comprises a...
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5209587 |
Ink ribbon feed
A ribbon feed for a thermal ink transfer ribbon (14) is disclosed in which the ribbon is drawn from a supply spool (15) and, together with an article (17) such a mail item on which printing is to...
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5181788 |
Ribbon saving control mechanism
A ribbon control mechanism for a serial encoding device is provided to conserve the usage of single-strike ribbon consumed during printing. The mechanism includes a ribbon transport mechanism and...
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5169248 |
Feed arrangement for a typing and/or correction ribbon for typewriters, and linear motor use therein
A feed arrangement for a typing ribbon and/or a correction ribbon comprises a linear motor having a coil-carrying slide which is movable with an alternating rectilinear movement, a toothed wheel...
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5162815 |
Thermal printing apparatus with tensionless donor web during printing
A thermal printer includes motor control apparatus for variably controlling the rotational speed of a take-up spool used to wind-up an expended dye-bearing donor web after passage through a print...
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5158376 |
Electronic typewriter
An electronic typewriter has a reduced number of electrically-powered actuators and comprises a motor powering a differential motion transmission unit having first and second output members....
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5156474 |
Method of controlling an ink ribbon moving speed in a dot line printer
In a shuttle dot line printer including a hammer bank shuttling back and forth at a given speed in a direction to transverse a sheet of print paper while turning around at two opposite ends, and an...
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5154519 |
Paper bail device including a reversible motor to drive the paper bail and a ribbon
A paper bail device includes a ribbon drive gear adapted to be driven by a reversible motor; a ribbon drive shaft coupled to the ribbon drive gear through a one-way clutch; a paper bail support...
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5144331 |
Drive control method for thermal transfer printer
A drive control method for a thermal transfer printer adapted to carry out printing by melting a thermofusible ink of an ink ribbon and transferring the molten ink onto a printing paper. The ink...
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5140341 |
Method and apparatus for thermally printing large images with small dye-donor patches
A thermal printer uses a relatively small dye-donor patches to produce images which are larger than the dye-donor patches. An image is formed by printing and merging of multiple sub-images. Each of...
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