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US 9,840,102 B2Granted
Thermal printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorOkiharu Matsuda
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AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorOkiharu Matsuda
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A thermal printer comprises a sheet conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet formed by attaching labels on a mount; a ribbon conveyance mechanism configured to convey a ribbon; a thermal head configured to heat the ribbon to carry out printing of printing data on the sheet contacted with the ribbon; and a head moving mechanism configured to control the thermal head if a non-printing area is longer than a first distance based on the printing data to separate the ribbon from the sheet; wherein the ribbon conveyance mechanism stops the conveyance of the ribbon if the non-printing area is longer than the first distance; and the sheet conveyance mechanism controls, if the non-printing area is longer than the first distance, the sheet conveyance speed to a second speed slower than a first speed applied in a case of conveying a printing area.
A thermal printer comprising:
A method of controlling a conveyance speed of a thermal printer being comprised of a sheet conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet formed by attaching labels on a mount, a ribbon conveyance mechanism configured to convey a ribbon, a thermal head configured to heat the ribbon to print printing data on the sheet, and a head moving mechanism configured to control the thermal head to separate the ribbon from the sheet in a case in which a non-printing area is longer than a first distance:
A method of controlling a conveyance speed of a thermal printer being comprised of a sheet conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet formed by attaching labels on a mount, a ribbon conveyance mechanism configured to convey a ribbon, a thermal head configured to heat the ribbon to print printing data on the sheet, and a head moving mechanism configured to control the thermal head to separate the ribbon from the sheet in a case in which a non-printing area is longer than a first distance:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.