Color thermal printer
CA 1294488 C · Owner: Nagano, Fumikazu · Inventors: Nagano, Fumikazu; Sasaki, Hiromu
Overview
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A color thermal printer of a type which utilizes any one of ink ribbons of different color combination which, comprises a different identifiers provided on and peculiar to each of the different ink ribbons and descriptive of the color combination of the respective ink ribbon; and a detecting system cooperable with any one of the identifiers for detecting, and providing an output signal indicative of one of the ink ribbons of different color combination which is actually mounted on the printer. The output signal from the detecting means is utilized to instruct the thermal printer that the ink ribbon of the particular color combination has actually been mounted on the printer.
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Why it's free to use
- Granted January 21, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 21, 2009.
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