Thermal printer

Abstract

Provided is a thermal printer in which when heat-sensitive paper is provided to the user, characters printed on the heat-sensitive paper may be received by a user without any uncomfortable feelings, and a use amount of the heat-sensitive paper may be reduced. A thermal printer (P1) includes: a main body frame (101); a thermal head (H) attached to the main body frame (101) to swing; a platen roller (102) disposed to face a printing surface of the thermal head (H); and a motor (M) for driving the platen roller (102), the thermal printer being configured to activate the thermal head (H) while conveying heat-sensitive paper held between the thermal head (H) and the platen roller (102) to perform printing on the heat-sensitive paper, in which a feeding amount of the heat-sensitive paper may be set so that an aspect ratio of the characters printed on the heat-sensitive paper is within a range of 0.95:1 to 0.8:1.

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