Apparatus for thermal printing
CA 1184068 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Dochi, Kiyotaka; Honda, Shigemichi; Maeyama, Sadao
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Apparatus for thermally printing images such as, color images, on a print medium. The medium is moved repeatedly from a reference position through a printing region, as by rotating the medium on a platen. Thermal print elements are disposed at the print region and are selectively energizable to cause images such as color, images, to be printed. A movable web of thermally transferable material has a run interposed between the print medium and the thermal elements at the print region. In one embodiment, the web is provided with successive frames of respectively different colors of thermally transferable material arranged in repeated sequence. Energizing signals are supplied to the thermal …
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- Granted March 19, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 19, 2002.
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