Back to results
US 5,857,788 AGranted
Thermal printing device with direct thermal cassette
AssigneeEsselte N.V.
InventorsGraham Scott Gutsell, Geert Heyse
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeEsselte N.V.
InventorsGraham Scott Gutsell, Geert Heyse
Estimating the term…
A set of tape holding cases including at least two cases of a first type and at least two cases of a second type, with the cases of the first type housing image receiving tape of respectively different tape parameters and cases of the second type housing image transfer tape of respectively different tape parameters. Each case of the first type has a first cooperating component, depending on the tape parameter of image receiving tape, and each case of the second type has a second cooperating component, depending on the tape parameter of image transfer tape. The first and second cooperating components are arranged to selectively cooperate with each other to allow cooperation only of a properly selected case of the first type with any one of the cases of the second type and otherwise to exclude cooperation of the cases. Also, a thermal printing device having cassette receiving portions for these tape holding cases for use in thermal transfer printing.
A set of tape holding cases including at least two cases of a first type and at least two cases of a second type, with cases of the first type housing image receiving tape of respectively different tape parameters and cases of the second type housing image transfer tape of respectively different tape parameters, wherein each case of the first type is received within a first receiving bay in a printer, and each case of the second type is received within a second receiving bay in a printer, the printer being operable only when two cassettes are inserted, and further wherein each case of the first type has a first cooperating means, depending on the tape parameter of image receiving tape, and each case of the second type has a second cooperating means, depending on the tape parameter of image transfer tape, and the first and second cooperating means being arranged to selectively cooperate with each other to allow cooperation only of properly selected case of the first type with any one of the cases of the second type and otherwise to exclude cooperation of the cases.
A thermal printing device having:
A set of tape holding cases including at least a case holding direct thermal tape, a case holding image receiving tape and a case holding image transfer ribbon, wherein the case holding image receiving tape and the case holding image transfer ribbon have respective cooperating means to allow them to be inserted together into a printing device, and wherein the case holding direct thermal tape is configured to exclude the possibility of the case holding image transfer tape being inserted into the printing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.