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US 8,011,840 B2Granted
Warning notification at cover open in printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigetoshi Asahina
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Abstract
In a case where temperature of a print head mounted on a head carrier becomes a specified temperature or higher during use, a head carrier is retracted to a retracting section in a housing of a printer, so that it is hardly touched by a user's hand. The retracting to the retracting section can also be linked to opening of a printer cover.
Claims9
A printer comprising:
- a head carrier on which a print head is mounted;
- a cover open sensor to detect opening of a cover of a printer main body;
- a temperature sensor to detect temperature of the print head;
- a retracting section that is provided at one end side of a span in which the head carrier travels and that shields the print head;
- and
- a control unit to control respective units of the printer, wherein
- the control unit moves the head carrier to the retracting section in a case where the temperature of the print head detected by the temperature sensor is a specified value or higher and the cover open sensor detects opening of the cover of a printer main body.
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A printer comprising:
- a head carrier on which a print head is mounted;
- a cover open sensor to detect opening of a cover of a printer main body;
- a temperature sensor to detect temperature of the print head;
- a retracting section that is provided at one end side of a span in which the head carrier travels and that shields the print head;
- and
- a control unit to control respective units of the printer, wherein
- at a time of opening of the cover, in a case where the temperature of the print head detected by the temperature sensor is a specified value or higher, the control unit moves the head carrier to the retracting section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.