Method and apparatus for temperature control in thermal printers
CA 1264982 C · Owner: Intermec Corporation · Inventors: Samuel, Robert A.
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Abstract of the Invention A thermal printing apparatus for printing on a thermal print medium (10) having a conversion temperature (TC) to which the thermal print medium must be raised to cause printing to occur. The apparatus comprises a thermal print element (40) and exposure means for providing energy to the print element at a first average rate for a time sufficient to raise the temperature of the print element from below the conversion temperature to a temperature above the conversion temperature, and for then providing energy to the print element at a second average rate, the second average rate being less than the first average rate but sufficient to maintain the temperature of the …
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- Granted January 30, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 30, 2007.
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