Printing apparatus
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsSatoshi Kimura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki, Katsuyuki Matsuo, Ryoichi Furukawa, Chihiro Fujishima
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Abstract
A main body has a receiving section, which contains an ink ribbon cassette holding an ink ribbon, together with an optical disk. The ink ribbon and the optical disk are fed by a platen roller, and printing is performed on the optical disk through a thermal head. The optical disk is inserted from an insertion port at a side of the main body parallel to the feed direction of the ink ribbon. When the optical disk is inserted from an ejection port in a direction orthogonal to the fed direction of the ink ribbon, an insertion-prevention member prevents the insertion of the optical disk.
Claims26
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a main body into which a print target is inserted;
- a printing section, provided in the main body, which thermally transfers ink of an ink ribbon onto the print target;
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- a feeder, provided in the main body, which feeds the printing section with the ink ribbon,
- wherein the main body has an insertion port which aligns a print surface of the print target with an ink surface of the ink ribbon from outside the main body toward the printing section therein, and into which the print target is insertable only in a direction parallel to a feed direction of the ink ribbon by the feeder.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing section which thermally transfers ink of an ink ribbon onto a print target inserted into the printing apparatus;
- a feeder which feeds the printing section with the ink ribbon;
- an insertion port for inserting the print target into the printing apparatus from outside the printing apparatus;
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- a guide section which guides the inserted print target to a print position opposite to the printing section in a direction parallel to a direction of carriage of the ink ribbon by the feeder.
A printing method comprising a printing step of thermally transferring ink of an ink ribbon onto a print target moved along a guide section from an insertion port to a print position opposite to a printing section in a direction parallel to a direction of carriage of the ink ribbon which is supplied to the printing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.