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US 7,597,429 B2Granted
Thermal printer and control method therefor
AssigneeCitizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinya Miura, Shinichi Miyashita
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Abstract
In a thermal printer provided with a thermal head printing on a paper sheet and a paper feed motor feeding the paper sheet, the operation of the thermal head and the paper feed motor is controlled on the basis of detected temperature data of the thermal head and the paper feed motor detected by a single temperature detecting device.
Claims13
A thermal printer comprising:
- a thermal head unit including a thermal head for printing on a paper sheet;
- a paper feed motor for feeding the paper sheet;
- a heat conducting member provided between the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor;
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- a single temperature detecting device for detecting temperature of the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor.
2 more elements
A thermal printer comprising:
- a thermal head unit including a thermal head for printing on a paper sheet;
- a paper feed motor for feeding the paper sheet;
- a heat conducting member provided between the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor;
- a single temperature detecting device for detecting temperature of the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor;
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- a control section for controlling operation of the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor,
- wherein the control section controls operation of the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor on the basis of detected temperature data of the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor detected by the single temperature detecting device.
4 more elements
A control method for a thermal printer,
- wherein the thermal printer comprises a thermal head for printing on a paper sheet, a paper feed motor for feeding the paper sheet, a single temperature detecting device for detecting temperature of the thermal head and the paper feed motor, and a control section for controlling operation of the thermal head and the paper feed motor, and
- wherein the control section controls operation of the thermal head and the paper feed motor on the basis of detected temperature data of the thermal head and the paper feed motor detected by the single temperature detecting device, and
- wherein the control section performs control in a manner that when it is judged that the detected temperature data reaches a first set temperature, the control section stops driving the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor to stop printing operation, and that when it is judged that the detected temperature data reaches a second set temperature lower than the first set temperature, the control section drives the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor to restart the printing operation.
A control method for a thermal printer,
- wherein the thermal printer comprises a thermal head unit including a thermal head for printing on a paper sheet, a paper feed motor for feeding the paper sheet, a single temperature detecting device for detecting temperature of the paper feed motor and the thermal head unit, and a control section for controlling operation of the thermal head and the paper feed motor, and
- wherein the control section controls operation of the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor on the basis of detected temperature data detected by the single temperature detecting device, and
- wherein the control section performs control in a manner that when it is judged that the detected temperature data reaches a first set temperature, the control section stops driving the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor to stop printing operation, and that when it is judged that the detected temperature data reaches a second set temperature lower than the first set temperature, the control section drives the thermal head unit and the paper feed motor to restart the Printing operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.